The New Graves Act Increased Penalties in New Jersey

Prepared as a Public Service to the People by the Law Office of Vincent J. Sanzone, Jr.

On August 8, 2013, the Governor signed a new law with effective date of August 8, 2013, which now upgrades the crime of unlawful possession of a firearm to a crime of the first degree in certain circumstances. (See New Law)

Specifically, anyone with a prior conviction for a crime which triggered the no-early release statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2, will now be charged with a first-degree gun possession, and must serve a period of parole ineligibility.  Anyone else in possession of handgun, rife or other firearm, who has no prior record, will be charged as a second-degree crime.

In addition, if the firearm was used in the commission of a crime a mandatory period of parole ineligibility from one-third to one-half the sentence, or three-years which ever is less.

Looks like the New Jersey legislatures are making it harder for defendants to take pleas on these offenses and there will be more trials for experienced competent New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorneys.

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Dated: January 8, 2013

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The Crane Brothers Looking to Make another Easy Money Score Against the Catholic Church, on the Backs of the Faithful Catholics Who Support the Church.

Twin brothers Tom an Bill Crane are either two of the most unluckiest brothers, or consummate con-artists looking to make another easy money score against the Catholic Church claiming that they were sexually abused.

One payoff was not enough for the Crane brothers whom were part of a settlement of 5 million dollars divided by 12 different plaintiffs and their attorneys when the Crane brothers claimed that a Priest from St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Mendham New Jersey molested them.

Now remarkably these two brothers are now claiming that two other priests molested them when they were living with their Father, an administrator and teacher at the prestigious Delbarton Catholic pre-school in Morris Township.  Of all of the tens-of-thousands of young men who have been educated by the great Benedictine monks from Delbarton these two unlucky men were abused by not only monks at that school, but at their local parish.  These two brothers claimed that the abuse occurred over thirty-years ago, but told no one, including there Father who worked there as a teacher and administrator.

One would need the help of a quantum computer (not yet invented), to finger out the miniscule likelihood of such abuse to have occurred by three separate Priest, at two different locations, when these two brother were growing up, while not telling anyone.

It is time that the Catholic Church and its religious orders put an end to monetary payouts to these so-called, “abused” scam artists and fight them in court to expose their lies and incredible stories, such as the one concocted by the Crane brothers.  Otherwise there will be no end to these scam artists looking to the Church for a quick payoff on the backs of the millions of faithful Catholics who give their hard earned money every Sunday to the Church which they love and respect, and which has withstood the test of time and history for 2000 years.

"If you want Peace Work for Justice."  Pope John Paul, I

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Dated: March 21, 2012

Motion to Suppress, and the Smell of Raw or Burnt Marijuana

Law Enforcements often reliable ace in the hole for probable cause: “I Smelled Raw or Burnt Marijuana in the Vehicle”, appears to be no longer sufficient for probable cause and in one case the court suppressed forty pounds of weed.

In State v. Ender Pompa, 414 N.J. Super. 219 (App. Div. 2010), the New Jersey Appellate Division gave solace to criminal defense attorneys in New Jersey attempting to defend the “plain smell” marijuana cases, in which the police officer after conducting an illegal search and discovering marijuana in a motor vehicle later claim that the reason for the search was that the officer had smelled raw or burnt marijuana in the vehicle during the motor vehicle stop.

In these types of cases, and the subsequent motion to suppress evidence it was virtually impossible to cross examine the officer to disprove whether he or she did in fact smell anything, and present any evidence that the cop was fabricating a justification for the illegal search.

However, in the Pompa case, the Appellate Division gave a remarkably good weapon in the arsenal of defense attorneys when it held that the “plain smell” of raw marijuana in the sleeping compartment of a tractor was insufficient to allow the New Jersey State Trooper to search that compartment, and that a search warrant was necessary before a search could be done.

This case is of tremendous importance because now it will be more difficult for police officers to fabricate an excuse to search an automobile without a search warrant, and should finally close this loophole for police officers whom routinely disregard the defendant’s Constitutional rights and the Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful and unreasonable searches.

For more information regarding your rights in a criminal case and defending the serious drug and narcotics case in New Jersey criminal courts, consult the Law Office of Vincent J. Sanzone, Jr., at CriminalDefenseNJ.com

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