Bergenfield, NJ
Criminal defense Lawyer at Bergenfield, NJ
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury ... +3 more
OUTCOME: VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY AS TO ROBBERY, CLIENT WAS CONVICTED OF A DISORDERLY PERSONS OFFENSE OF THEFT.
Client was charged with one count of Robbery, a Second Degree crime exposing my client to a minimum prison sentence of 5 years and a maximum prison sentence of 10 years New Jersey State Prison. Based ... on my advice my client opted for a non-jury trial, i.e., the Trial Judge would decide the facts, and the applicability of the law.
OUTCOME: JURY VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY
Client was indicted and charged with First Degree Armed Robbery. The alleged victim identified one of his employees,my client, the Defendant, John Patterson, as his assailant. During my cross-examina ... tion, I challenged the ability of the alleged victim to identify my client as his assailant.
OUTCOME: ON APPEAL, THE APPELLATE COURT ENTERED JUDGMENTS OF ACQUITTAL, AND EXPANDED THE HOLDINGS IN STATE VS. SHIPP AND STATE VS. CALVENTE
My Client was charged together with 3 CoDefendants with First Degree Possession of Cocaine with the Intent to Distribute the same, and a Third Degree Possession of A Weapon. During PreTrial Hearings, ... I argued to suppress the evidence due to lack of probable cause for the NJ State Police to stop and then search a van with Ohio License plates being driven west on Interstate 80 occupied by 4 black males. The Trial Judge denied my Motion, and his Honor also denied my Motions for Judgments of Acquittal at the conclusion of the State's case, and again at the conclusion of the Defense case.
OUTCOME: Appellate Court vacated the guilty verdicts
Client, Defendant, Benigno Rosario, together with three (3) CoDefendants, was charged with the kidnapping of one individual and the murder of another individuals. My client was 17 years old at the ti ... me of the alleged incidents, and the prosecution successfully had the case waived from the juvenile court to the adult court, where he was tried alone. Prior to trial, I had filed a formal motion to enforce a plea offer that had been made by the prosecution before I was retained. The Trial Court denied my Motion, and I was required to try the case. A jury convicted my client of both the kidnapping and the murder. On appeal the Appellate Court ordered a limited remand for a hearing by the trial judge to expand the record regarding the enforcement of the plea offer. The Trial Court again denied the Motion. The Appellate Division then vacated the Convictions and ordered the trial judge to enforce the plea offer. As a result, instead of receiving a sentence of LIfe plus 68 years, my client pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping and one count of aggravated manslaughter, and received an aggregate sentence of 30 years of which he had to serve 85% before first becoming eligible to released into parole.
OUTCOME: Please see above under case details.
Client, Defendant, Benigno Rosario, together with three (3) CoDefendants, was charged with the kidnapping of one individual and the murder of another individuals. My client was 17 years old at the ti ... me of the alleged incidents, and the prosecution successfully had the case waived from the juvenile court to the adult court, where he was tried alone. Prior to trial, I had filed a formal motion to enforce a plea offer that had been made by the prosecution before I was retained. The Trial Court denied my Motion, and I was required to try the case. A jury convicted my client of both the kidnapping and the murder. On appeal the Appellate Court ordered a limited remand for a hearing by the trial judge to expand the record regarding the enforcement of the plea offer. The Trial Court again denied the Motion. The Appellate Division then vacated the Convictions and ordered the trial judge to enforce the plea offer. As a result, instead of receiving a sentence of LIfe plus 68 years, my client pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping and one count of aggravated manslaughter, and received an aggregate sentence of 30 years of which he had to serve 85% before first becoming eligible to released into parole.
OUTCOME: Please see above under case details.
Client, Defendant, Benigno Rosario, together with three (3) CoDefendants, was charged with the kidnapping of one individual and the murder of another individuals. My client was 17 years old at the ti ... me of the alleged incidents, and the prosecution successfully had the case waived from the juvenile court to the adult court, where he was tried alone. Prior to trial, I had filed a formal motion to enforce a plea offer that had been made by the prosecution before I was retained. The Trial Court denied my Motion, and I was required to try the case. A jury convicted my client of both the kidnapping and the murder. On appeal the Appellate Court ordered a limited remand for a hearing by the trial judge to expand the record regarding the enforcement of the plea offer. The Trial Court again denied the Motion. The Appellate Division then vacated the Convictions and ordered the trial judge to enforce the plea offer. As a result, instead of receiving a sentence of LIfe plus 68 years, my client pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping and one count of aggravated manslaughter, and received an aggregate sentence of 30 years of which he had to serve 85% before first becoming eligible to released into parole.
OUTCOME: Please see above under case details.
Client, Defendant, Benigno Rosario, together with three (3) CoDefendants, was charged with the kidnapping of one individual and the murder of another individuals. My client was 17 years old at the ti ... me of the alleged incidents, and the prosecution successfully had the case waived from the juvenile court to the adult court, where he was tried alone. Prior to trial, I had filed a formal motion to enforce a plea offer that had been made by the prosecution before I was retained. The Trial Court denied my Motion, and I was required to try the case. A jury convicted my client of both the kidnapping and the murder. On appeal the Appellate Court ordered a limited remand for a hearing by the trial judge to expand the record regarding the enforcement of the plea offer. The Trial Court again denied the Motion. The Appellate Division then vacated the Convictions and ordered the trial judge to enforce the plea offer. As a result, instead of receiving a sentence of LIfe plus 68 years, my client pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping and one count of aggravated manslaughter, and received an aggregate sentence of 30 years of which he had to serve 85% before first becoming eligible to released into parole.
OUTCOME: Please see above under case details.
Client, Defendant, Benigno Rosario, together with three (3) CoDefendants, was charged with the kidnapping of one individual and the murder of another individuals. My client was 17 years old at the ti ... me of the alleged incidents, and the prosecution successfully had the case waived from the juvenile court to the adult court, where he was tried alone. Prior to trial, I had filed a formal motion to enforce a plea offer that had been made by the prosecution before I was retained. The Trial Court denied my Motion, and I was required to try the case. A jury convicted my client of both the kidnapping and the murder. On appeal the Appellate Court ordered a limited remand for a hearing by the trial judge to expand the record regarding the enforcement of the plea offer. The Trial Court again denied the Motion. The Appellate Division then vacated the Convictions and ordered the trial judge to enforce the plea offer. As a result, instead of receiving a sentence of LIfe plus 68 years, my client pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping and one count of aggravated manslaughter, and received an aggregate sentence of 30 years of which he had to serve 85% before first becoming eligible to released into parole.
OUTCOME: Please see above under case details.
Client, Defendant, Benigno Rosario, together with three (3) CoDefendants, was charged with the kidnapping of one individual and the murder of another individuals. My client was 17 years old at the ti ... me of the alleged incidents, and the prosecution successfully had the case waived from the juvenile court to the adult court, where he was tried alone. Prior to trial, I had filed a formal motion to enforce a plea offer that had been made by the prosecution before I was retained. The Trial Court denied my Motion, and I was required to try the case. A jury convicted my client of both the kidnapping and the murder. On appeal the Appellate Court ordered a limited remand for a hearing by the trial judge to expand the record regarding the enforcement of the plea offer. The Trial Court again denied the Motion. The Appellate Division then vacated the Convictions and ordered the trial judge to enforce the plea offer. As a result, instead of receiving a sentence of LIfe plus 68 years, my client pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping and one count of aggravated manslaughter, and received an aggregate sentence of 30 years of which he had to serve 85% before first becoming eligible to released into parole.
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