Category Archives: Drug & DWI Law Blog

I recently represented a client who (like many) experienced a New Jersey DWI charge as his first ever brush with the law. Sadly, his DWI offense was compounded by the fact that he was also involved in a car accident. Fortunately, there were no personal injuries and only property damage....

NJ.com reports this week that a NJ State Police lab technician named Kamalkant Shah may have faked or failed to test marijuana and other CDS (Controlled Dangerous Substances) such as heroin and cocaine in as many as 7800 recent cases. This is big news, because many of these cases may now...

A South Jersey man who opted to represent himself in court was recently sentenced to 8 years in state prison for growing/cultivating only 17 marijuana plants. This is an instructive story for “what not to do” when charged with a marijuana offense in NJ. I handle many marijuana cases each...

If you’re facing a DWI charge in NJ and found my website, you’re likely scared, nervous, apprehensive, and upset. Being charged with a DWI in NJ is a completely miserable experience: ordered out of your car, marched up and down the roadside, handcuffed, taken to the police station, Breathalyzed, and...

On August 10, 2015,  The NJ Supreme Court delivered new rulings on a pair of expungement cases (click the link below): http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/08/no_clean_slate_for_those_who_commit_related_crimes.html#incart_river I am disappointed in this decision, although the article does a poor job of explaining the expungement statute and what exactly the Court’s decision means in reality. However,...

So you’ve had a “few too many” at a bar or party, and don’t want to risk a DWI. So you hand your friend your car keys, since they had less to drink than you, or maybe said they were “good to drive.” Everyone has that buddy that can “hold...

Depending on the New Jersey county in which you are arrested, your charge of Possession of Heroin may be handled in Superior (Criminal) Court, or possibly remanded to Municipal Court. Heroin possession is a 3rd degree felony in New Jersey, and carries a possible sentence of 3 to 5 years...

  So you’ve been busted smoking some pot, and charged with the “sister” offenses of Possession of Marijuana 2C:35-10A(4) and Drug Paraphernalia 2C:36-2 ? The good news is that both of these charges are misdemeanors in NJ, although NJ does not use the term “misdemeanor” but rather “disorderly persons offense.” Feel...

Below is a helpful “Mythbusters” style Q & A that presents and answers common questions many of my clients ask about DUI/DWI law cases in New Jersey. For more information, call 908-782-5313 today for a FREE consultation about your case: Myth: “My (brother/cousin/uncle/roommate/co-worker/friend at the bar) told me that if...