What Is the Bergen County Superior Court Criminal Process? - Adam M. Lustberg
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From Lustberg Law Offices, LLC - What Is the Bergen County Superior Court Criminal Process? walks listeners through how a criminal case moves from arrest to sentencing in Bergen County, explaining the difference between disorderly persons offenses handled in municipal court and indictable crimes that proceed to the Superior Court, Law Division. The discussion covers what happens immediately after an arrest, including booking and the difference between a complaint-summons and a complaint-warrant, as well as the timeline for a first appearance and detention hearing.
The episode also explains how bail and pretrial release work in New Jersey since the Criminal Justice Reform Act took effect, including how courts use the Public Safety Assessment, or PSA, to evaluate risk before a judge decides on release, conditions, or detention. Listeners will hear how a prosecutor may file a motion for pretrial detention and how a detention hearing determines whether a defendant remains in custody while a case is pending.
Further discussion covers the role of the grand jury in Bergen County, including how it reviews evidence to decide whether probable cause exists to return an indictment or a no bill, and how the full case timeline moves through complaint, first appearance, grand jury, arraignment, pretrial conference, trial or plea, and sentencing. The episode notes that an indictment does not mean guilt, only that a case may proceed further in the Superior Court.
The conversation features Bergen County criminal defense attorney Adam M. Lustberg, who has argued detention hearings under New Jersey's criminal justice reform system. Adam M. Lustberg graduated from the Seton Hall University School of Law in 2004 and is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, bringing that background to this explanation of the Bergen County Superior Court criminal process.
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