Criminal Defense Law Blog

A development in criminal law in New Jersey and other states has been the implementation of statutes that effectively enhance the penalties of other crimes when the motivation of the criminal act involves animus toward the victim based on categories such as race, gender or sexual orientation. These statutes are generally known as “hate crime”…

This post cannot cover all aspects of federal hate crime laws, and it is not intended or offered as legal advice. If you have questions or require more information about such laws, a criminal defense law firm can help to provide you with answers. In an earlier post we discussed the state of New Jersey’s…

Our firm represented Dias Kadyrbayev, the young college student charged with obstruction of justice in the Boston Marathon bombing case. The Government sought to introduce statements Kadyrbayev made to law enforcement after allegedly being Mirandized. In the motion to suppress and evidentiary hearing, attorneys Robert G. Stahl and Laura K. Gasiorowski argued that as a…

The federal penalties for failing to pay taxes are severe. Tax evasion is a felony under the U.S.Code, and conviction can lead to a sentence of up to five years and a fine of up to $100,000 for an individual (five times that amount for a business).To add insult to injury, the government can also…

If there is one thing that the federal government does well, it is making things big. And if you run afoul of a federal prosecution, you may discover the big resources that those prosecutors can line up against you along with the big consequences you may face if they are successful in their efforts to…

Stalking behaviors by one person directed at another are nothing new. The motivation may be anger, unrequited romantic interest, jealousy or other reasons. But actions such as following a person, attempting to interact with a person or communicating with others about that person in a harmful manner is frequently illegal. What is relatively new is…

After his August 2014 guilty plea to federal obstruction and conspiracy charges in connection with the aftermath of the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing Dias Kadyrbayev had been scheduled for November, 9, 2014, sentencing by U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock. The day before, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a Florida case, Yates…

There was a time not that long ago when computers and the Internet were seen as tools to assist businesses to operate in a faster, more efficient and organized manner. The Internet was seen as an aid to students researching a topic and to help ordinary people expand their knowledge. Today the Internet is not…

Some crimes by their very names can conjure images of the type of person who commits them. Crimes such as assault, strong-arm robbery, or burglary may bring to mind a rough sort of individual. Another type of crime, though, may produce a different kind of mental image: “white-collar crime.” When we hear the term white-collar…

NEW YORK CITY — A practicing attorney who lived in New Jersey and practiced law in New York City received a six-month prison term in December 2011 for passing information on pending mergers to stock traders. The case was intertwined with the Galleon Hedge Fund prosecutions for which Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the fund, received…