A Civil Reservations Motion Can Avoid Nasty Surprises Later

Steven J. Richardson | March 19, 2010

Most people don’t realize the impact that guilty pleas to traffic tickets can have down the road.  The figure they paid their fines, took their medicine, and it is over.  Unfortunately, that is not always true.  The situation to which I refer is where a traffic ticket is issued as a result of an accident.  [...]

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 [...]