Criminal Division Forms (plea forms, etc.)

Adult Drug Court
CRIMINAL DIVISIONS BY COUNTY [PDF]:

Federal

Supreme Court of the United States 

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Bar Association of the Third Federal Circuit     
Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Delaware Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Virgin Islands Bar Association
Third Circuit Appellate Practice Manual, Pennsylvania Bar Institute
Third Circuit Model Criminal Jury Instructions

    Rule 11 Form (Application for Permission to Enter Plea of Guilty)

FINDING LAWYERS

Martindale Hubbell
Avvo

FINDING CASE LAW

Google Scholar - search case law for free
Internet Legal Resource Guide
Law Schools

 NJ State

Rutgers School of Law - New Jersey Law page
Rutgers Law Library - Camden
Google Scholar - search case law for free
Primary New Jersey Federal and State Resources from Findlaw
Primary Federal and State Resources Organized by State from Findlaw

Federal

Searchable United States Code
Searchable Code of Federal Regulations

CRIMINAL STATUTES AND RULES

NJ State

N.J.S.A. 2C: Defines specific offenses (Subtitle 2) and sentencing procedures (Subtitle 3)
Municipal Ordinances & Codes (source of potential non-criminal disorderly persons pleas)
New Jersey Court Rules, Part III (Rules Governing Criminal Practice)
New Jersey Court Rules, Part VII (Rules Governing Practice in the Municipal Courts)
New Jersey Court Rules, Part II (Rules Governing Practice in the Supreme Court and Appellate Division)
Model Criminal Jury Charges [PDF]

Federal

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Federal Rules of Evidence
Local Rules of Criminal (and Civil) Procedure, District of New Jersey [PDF]
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure

PROSECUTORS

NJ State

New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice
NJ Office of the Attorney General
NJ Attorney General Guidelines
NJ Attorney General Directives

Federal

United States Department of Justice
United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey
FBI - Newark Office
United States Attorney’s Manual
FBI Monthly Bulletin on Policies, Procedures and Other Topics
Other useful FBI publications

DEFENSE LAWYERS

 NJ State

Federal

Federal Public Defender*
Federal Public Defender of NJ
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)*
Association of Federal Defense Attorneys

CJA PANEL INFO

CJA Forms
CJA Plan [PDF]

BAIL/JAIL  - ARREST AND PRETRIAL RELEASE

NJ State

The New Jersey Pretrial Justice Manual - NACDL, ACLU, NJ Public Defender (December 2016) [PDF]
Recent NJ Court decisions re: 2017 Bail Reform Act

Pretrial Detention Appeal (PDA) – Expedited Information Form (from Appellate Division Forms page)

NJ Department of Corrections
Inmate locator
Prison locations

Revised Statewide Bail Schedules, May 12, 2009 [PDF] 

Federal

“The Bail Reform Act of 1984, Third Edition" (Federal Judicial Center 2006)
18 USC CHAPTER 207 - RELEASE AND DETENTION PENDING JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
18 USC § 3142 - RELEASE OR DETENTION OF A DEFENDANT PENDING TRIAL
Federal Bail and Detention Handbook (PLI)
Criminal Case Appearance Form [PDF]
United States Pretrial Services Agency - District of New Jersey
D.N.J.: What You Need to Know About Appearance Bonds English/Spanish [PDF]
Cancellation of Appearance Bond after case completion -- see Local Criminal Rule 46.1(b) & (c) [PDF]
U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
Inmate Locator
Prison locations
BOP Program Statements
RDAP program

IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES

Immigration Law and Crimes, By National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
Immigration Law Handbook
Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law & Practice 

GRAND JURY

 NJ State

State v. Hogan, 144 N.J. 216 (1996)

 Federal

DISCOVERY – BRADY/JENCKS/GIGLIO

NJ State

Supreme Court Report on Discovery in Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Matters, 2/21/12 [PDF]
Rule 3:13

Federal

NACDL "Discovery Reform" page*
"Ogden Memo" - Guidance for Prosecutors Regarding Criminal Discovery, David W. Ogden, Deputy Attorney General, January 4, 2010
USA Today database of "201 criminal cases across the nation in which federal judges found that prosecutors broke the rules"

PLEA

NJ State

Criminal Division Forms (plea forms, etc.)

Federal

Federal Organizational Plea Agreements   

PRETRIAL MOTIONS

MIRANDA/SEARCH & SEIZURE

NJ State

Arrest, Search & Seizure (Gannlaw)

Federal

Georgetown Law Journal “Annual Review of Criminal Procedure”

TRIAL

NJ State

Evidence

Expert Witnesses

Cross-Examination

Jury Issues

Federal

Evidence

Expert Witnesses

Cross-Examination

Jury Issues

SENTENCING

NJ STATE

Pre Trial Intervention Program (PTI)
NJ Commission to Review Criminal Sentencing*
Intensive Supervision Program (ISP)
Oral Argument Sentencing Guidelines [PDF] 

NACDL's Restoration of Rights Page for New Jersey

FEDERAL

United States Sentencing Commission 

    Case Law Documents, Briefs and Court Decisions*
Federal Sentencing Guidelines Sentencing Table
Sentencing.us - A free U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines calculator
Federal Defenders - Office of Defender Services Training Branch - Sentencing Resources Page*
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Website of Alan Ellis, Past President NACDL and sentencing expert* 

Sentencing Mitigation & Prison Designation Experts
"Best Places to Go to Prison" article
"171 Easy Mitigating Factors"
Federal Prison Sentence "Good Time" Calculator
United States Probation Office - District of New Jersey
THE PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION REPORT, Publication 107, Office of Probation and Pretrial Services (Rev. March 2006) (a/k/a "Monograph 107") [PDF] 

Important D.N.J. Standing Orders:

PROBATION/PAROLE

NJ State

New Jersey State Parole Board
NJ Institute for Social Justice

Federal

APPEAL

NJ State

New Jersey Court Rules, Part II (Rules Governing Practice in the Supreme Court and Appellate Division)