Major Cases and Statutes in Criminal and Municipal Court
Date: Dec 10, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
Location: Online
Member Price: $159.00
Non-Member Price: $199.00
Section Price: $149.00
Areas of Law: Municipal Court Practice
Earn up to 3 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Kenneth A. Vercammen, Esq.
- Kenneth Vercammen & Associates, PC, Edison
Presenters
- Kimberley Almasy LaMountain, Esq.
- Almasy LaMountain, LLC, Woodbridge
- John E. Kawczynski, Esq.
- Municipal Prosecutor in Piscataway, Metuchen and South Amboy
Field & Kawczynski, LLC, Jamesburg - Chirag Mehta, Esq.
- Law Offices of Chirag D. Mehta, LLC, Morristown
- David Spevack, Esq.
- Spevack Law Firm, Iselin
Join this seminar for a deep dive into recent developments affecting cases that are heard in municipal court practice. An esteemed panel of municipal court practitioners will explore a wide variety of common matters, including issues impacting drug and DWI cases. Attendees will gain insight into the recent major municipal and criminal cases, ensuring they are up to date on the latest information needed to effectively advocate for their clients.
Topics include:
- New DWI penalties as of April 3 under NJSA 39:4-50(a), including loss of driver’s license until interlock installed if less than .15 BAC.
- New Rules for pre-court installation of an interlock device.
- Permitting DWI plea bargains under the new statute.
- For prior DWI charges between 2008-2016, prosecutors must provide discovery indicating whether the defendant is a
- Dennis-affected defendant per State v. Zingis
- Stay on trials and hearings on reliability of new DWI Alcotest Machine 9510, pending decision in State v. Cunningham
- Key takeaways from recent case law, including:
- Trial court should have carefully watched video where police did not wait before search – State v Nieves.
- Police could do short inventory search at the scene of impounded DWI car – State v. Courtney.
- Leaving suitcase behind in Penn Station permitted police to search without warrant – State v. Gartrell.
- Police could not follow suspected drunk driver into garage – State v Mellody.
- Disorderly person defendants not excluded from Recovery/Drug court – State v. Matrongolo.
- Lane change violation did not permit drug dog sniff – State v Boone.
- Slow motion playing of video not prohibited – State v. Knight.
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