Pleader’s Remorse: When Can You Take it Back?

Steve | February 9, 2009

Some things sound like a good idea at the time, but later turn out to be a bad decision.  This is often true when a defendant enters a guilty plea in a criminal case or traffic court.  The question becomes: can you change your mind?  In a decision on February 4, 2009, the New Jersey [...]

Miranda Warnings Don’t Have to be Renewed

Steven J. Richardson | February 6, 2009

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled recently in a child molestation case on an issue involving Miranda warnings.  We are all familiar with the Miranda language from police and court dramas on TV, and many of us can even recite them as well as a police officer.  If you are arrested, or are just brought [...]