How To Beat a Shoplifting Charge in New Jersey

Shoplifting Defense Attorneys in Morristown, Hackensack, and Newark NJ

Part 3.

“Failure To Provide Discovery”

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As a defendant in a New Jersey shoplifting case, the State has an obligation to provide you with a trial in a speedy fashion, and they must provide you (and your attorney) with all of the evidence against you. This is known as the “discovery packet,” which includes evidence such as police reports, witness statements, and many times, surveillance video. Before you are expected to proceed with the case, the prosecutor must provide you with the discovery. If they continually fail to provide the evidence in your case, then your attorney can file what is known as a Holup motion to have the charges dismissed.

The term Holup motion came from the precedential case of State v Holup, in which the Superior Court of New Jersey decided that a court can dismiss a case based on the State’s failure to produce discovery if a motion is filed with the court in the correct manner. When a Holup motion is filed, the defendant’s lawyer provides notice that they have not received the discovery and then the court sets a time frame within which the prosecution must provide the discovery. If the prosecutor fails to provide it within said time limit, the charges can be dismissed.

Believe it or not, this is unusually common in shoplifting cases, due to the frequent necessity for video tape evidence to be provided. Many times, this evidence is simply lost, or the security personnel responsible for it just don’t get it to the prosecutor fast enough. Our shoplifting defense lawyers are often able to leverage the prosecution’s failure to provide discovery by filing Holup motions with the court. Essentially, if the State is not ready to proceed in the case within a “reasonable” amount of time, we can potentially have your charges dismissed, or at the very least, have the evidence that was not provided deemed inadmissible in court, which means it cannot be used against you.

Other Defenses to Beat Your New Jersey Shoplifting Case

If you are seeking to beat your shoplifting charges in New Jersey, the above defense strategy and others can be extremely useful. For more New Jersey shoplifting defense strategies, access the links provided below:

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