Blog Posts in November, 2012

Know Your Miranda Rights

Whether you are a U.S. citizen or an immigrant in the United States, you have certain protections under what is called your Miranda rights. The Miranda warning or Miranda rights is a warning that is given by the police to criminal suspects that are in police custody, or that are undergoing an interrogation before they are actually interrogated. The Miranda rights ensure that whatever the suspect ...

New Jersey Criminal Arrest Process

When a criminal complaint has been made against a person by an individual or by a law enforcement agency, it is the Criminal Division of Superior Court that will handle such a complaint until the case is resolved. An arrest can occur at the scene of a crime or it can be based on a warrant; however, all arrests must be made on what is called "probable cause," or there must be reasonable grounds to ...