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Despite Calls to Scrap Res Gestae, Ancient Evidence Rule Lingers on
 
"A week after Justice Barry Albin called the res gestae doctrine "the moldy cardboard box in the basement, whose contents no longer have any utility but which we fear discarding," the state Supreme Court has once again stowed it away for another day. "

Prevention of Domestic Violence Law Unconstitutional, Hudson Judge Holds

"A Hudson County judge has ruled that New Jersey?s 17-year-old Prevention of Domestic Violence Act violates the 14th Amendment?s due process clause by allowing restraining orders to be issued based on a preponderance-of-the-evidence standard. "

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