Archive for July 2020
Pleading Guilty With a “Stay Out Of Trouble Clause.”
A common occurrence in criminal law is when a client, who is out on bail, pleads guilty and is given a “promised sentence.” However, that “promise” is often conditioned on the client staying out of trouble and not being arrested prior to sentence. What happens when a client is arrested before he or she is…
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In the recent case of Goodine v Evans, the Appellate Court reversed the Support Magistrate’s finding of willfulness in a contempt proceeding to punish the father for failure to pay child support. The Appellate Division found that the Support Magistrate failed to make a proper injury into the father’s financial resources before denying him free,…
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