Law Offices Of Raymond A. Grimes

Law Offices Of Raymond A. Grimes Our law firm provides representation to individuals and small businesses in all areas of civil and criminal litigation. and continued with the U.S.

Including, but not limited to, personal injury, business litigation, workman's compensation, securities, and municipal courts. Raymond graduated from The George Washington University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and received his law degree from Rutgers University Law School. Raymond has had substantial experience in both the public and private sectors. He began with an International Law f

irm in Washington D.C. Attorney’s office in Philadelphia. He was also fortunate to have worked for the Honorable Edward W. Beglin, Jr., the Assignment Judge for Union County. After his clerkship, he was employed by a large N.J. law firm for several years before starting his own law firm in 1996. The firm has offices located in New Jersey, New York City, and Pennsylvania. Raymond has a wealth of experience in many fields of law. He specializes in Securities Litigation, Construction Litigation, Personal Injury and Workmen’s Compensation, Criminal Defense and Municipal Court matters, and Business Litigation. In his general business practice he represents a number of corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and sole proprietorships. Raymond has had great success in complex litigation matters against some of the largest firms in the country and has obtained very favorable awards for his clients. In addition to the many settlements he has received for his clients, Raymond does not hesitate to take his cases to trial to maximize his clients’ recovery. For example, he was awarded a $1.4 million verdict in a Securities Litigation matter which he tried for five weeks, against five different law firms, before the National Association of Securities Dealers in New York City. He has also been awarded numerous personal injury jury verdicts and settlements totaling well in excess of $10 million. As a result of the reputation the Grimes firm has earned, it receives many referrals from clients, fellow attorneys, and other law firms. Whatever your legal needs are, the Grimes firm is confident that it will able to discuss your individual needs, analyze your legal situation, provide you with your legal options, and pursue your case in a most diligent and professional manner.

02/17/2023

Hi Friends- in my work as an attorney, a good percentage of my practice includes personal injury cases. I have found a large number of my clients are terribly underinsured because they do not understand their auto insurance policy when purchasing insurance. This is no surprise because the policies are not written in language that is easily understandable. Far too many of my clients come in and just assume that if they or their family members are injured, that someone is going to pay for it because it’s not their fault. This could not be further from the truth. Increasing your coverage is not as expensive as you might think and could be invaluable if you are in an accident and severely hurt and the other driver has little or no insurance. If any of you would like to give me a call to discuss your insurance coverage, I would be happy to do so at no cost to you. It could be one of the best decisions you make all year. 908.371.1066.

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11/30/2022

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09/20/2022

Revised Penalties for DWI NJ
For a First Offense, even if your case cannot be won on the facts, a good attorney may be able to stop a lengthy suspension of your License.
Also, if you are facing Jail based on prior DWI charges, a PCR Post Convection Relief Petition may stop a Jail sentence.

1st Offense
Under New Jersey Law (P.L. 2003, CHAPTER 314), if an offender’s BAC is 0.08 percent or higher, but less than 0.10 percent, or if an offender permits another person with a BAC over 0.08 percent, but less than 0.10 percent to operate a motor vehicle, the penalties are:
-A fine of $250-$400
-Imprisonment for up to 30 days
-Driver’s license forfeiture until ignition interlock
installed. Interlock required for 3 months
-A minimum of six hours a day for two consecutive
days in an Intoxicated Driver Resource Center-An automobile insurance surcharge of $1,000 a year for 3 years

If the offender’s BAC is 0.10 percent but less than 0.15 percent, or permits another person with a BAC of 0.10
percent but less than 0.15 percent to operate a motor vehicle, the penalties are:
-A fine of $300-$500
-Imprisonment for up to 30 days
-Driver’s license forfeiture until ignition interlock
installed. Interlock required for 7 months to one
(1) year
-A minimum of six hours a day for two consecutive
days in an Intoxicated Driver Resource Center-An automobile insurance surcharge of $1,000 a
year for 3 years
Offenders with a BAC of 0.15 percent or higher must install an ignition interlock device in one vehicle they principally operate during the license suspension period of 4 to 6 months and for a period of 9 months to 15 months after license restoration.

2nd Offense
-A fine of $500-$1,000
-Imprisonment of at least 48 consecutive hours, and
up to 90 days
-Minimum 1-year and up to 2-year license suspension-Completion of evaluation, referral and program
requirements of the IDRC
-30 days of community service
-An automobile insurance surcharge of $1,000 a
year for 3 years
-Installation of an ignition interlock device for a
period of license suspension and 2 years to 4 years after license restoration

3rd Offense
-A fine of $1,000
-Imprisonment of 180 days except the court may
lower such term for each day, not exceeding 90 days, served in a drug or alcohol inpatient rehabilitation program approved by IDRC
-8 year license suspension
-30 days of community service
-Completion of evaluation, referral and program
requirements of the IDRC
-An automobile insurance surcharge of $1,500 a
year for 3 years
-Installation of an ignition interlock device for a
period of license suspension and 2 years to 4 years after license restoration

ANY OFFENSE ALSO CARRIES
-A $100 surcharge to be deposited in the Drunk Driving Enforcement Fund
-A Motor Vehicle Commission restoration fee of $100 and an Intoxicated Driving Program fee of $100
-A Violent Crimes Compensation Fund fee of $50-A Safe and Secure Community Program fee of $75
In addition to these penalties, judges may order the revocation of the vehicle registration (Public Law 2000, Chapter 83).
The ignition interlock device, which measures the driver’s blood alcohol level, may be required for up to four years following license restoration after a DWI conviction. Any person may start a motor vehicle equipped with an interlock device for safety reasons or to repair the device or motor vehicle, but the convicted offender may not operate the vehicle.
A person who, on behalf of the convicted offender, blows into an interlock device to start a motor vehicle or tampers with the device to circumvent its operation may be charged with a disorderly persons offense.

Definition of Impairment
In New Jersey, a person is guilty of drunk driving if he/ she operates a motor vehicle with a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of 0.08 percent or greater. BAC refers to the amount of alcohol in your blood. Although the law refers to a 0.08 percent BAC, you can be convicted of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor even when your BAC is below 0.08 percent. Consuming even small amounts of alcohol dulls the senses, decreases reaction time, and hampers judgement, vision and alertness. If you consume any amount of alcohol and your driving is negatively impacted, you can be convicted of drunk driving. It is also a violation for a person to operate a motor vehicle under the influence of a narcotic, hallucinogenic or habit producing drug. You can also be convicted for allowing another person to operate a motor vehicle when that person does so in violation of the driving while intoxicated (DWI) law. What follows is a summary of the penalties that result when a person is convicted of violating New Jersey’s DWI law.
REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO A BREATH TEST
-1st offense - $300-$500 fine and a license suspension until ignition interlock device installed. A minimum of six hours a day for two consecutive days in an Intoxicated Driver Resource Center
-2nd offense - $500-$1,000 fine and a 1 to
2-year license suspension following installation of ignition interlock device. 48 hours consecutive detainment in Intoxicated Driver Resource Center
- 3rd offense - $1,000 fine and an 8-year license suspension following installation of ignition interlock device
-Installation of an ignition interlock device for a period of 9 to 15 months after license restoration for the 1st offense, 2 years to 4 years for the 2nd and 3rd offenses
-Automobile insurance surcharge of $1,000 a year for 3 years for 1st and 2nd offenses, $1,500 for 3rd offense
-A $100 surcharge to be deposited in the Drunk Driving Enforcement Fund
-Referral to an Intoxicated Driver Resource Center

CONSEQUENCES OF UNDERAGE DRINKING AND DRIVING
In New Jersey, you must be at least 21 years of age to purchase, possess or consume alcoholic beverages. Underage drinking is illegal and can have severe con- sequences for young people who drink and for adults who provide alcoholic beverages to those under 21.
If you are under 21 and buy or drink alcohol in a place with an alcoholic beverage license, you may be fined $500 and lose your driver license for six months. If you do not have your license, the suspension starts when you are first eligible to receive a license. Also you may be required to participate in an alcohol education or treatment program.
If you are under 21, drive with any detectable amount of alcohol in your system (.01 BAC or above) and are convicted for violating New Jersey’s zero tolerance law, the penalties are:
- Loss or postponement of driving privileges for 30 to 90 days
- 15 to 30 days of community service
- Referral to an IDRC or participation in an alcohol and
traffic safety education program

DRIVING WITH A MINOR
A parent or guardian who is convicted of driving while intoxicated and had a passenger in the motor vehicle 17 years of age or younger, is also guilty of a disorderly persons offense. In addition, a person forfeits the right to operate a motor vehicle for a maximum of six months and must perform community service for up to five days.
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09/11/2022

No more Pre-textual stop for tinted windows State v. Smith The stop was not supported by a reasonable and articulable suspicion of a motor vehicle violation. N.J.S.A. 39:3-75, which governs automotive safety glass, does not apply to window tint violations. Consistent with the plain language of N.J.S.A. 39:3-74, reasonable and articulable suspicion of a tinted windows violation arises only when a vehicle’s front windshield or front side windows are so darkly tinted that police cannot clearly see people or articles within the car. NJ Supreme Court A-4-21

09/06/2022

Keystrokes on a cell phone while driving is cell violation
State v Troisi 471 N.J. Super. 158 (App. Div. 2022)
Defendant appealed the Law Division order denying his de novo appeal of a guilty finding against him in Princeton Municipal Court for violating N.J.S.A. 39:4-97.3, use of hands-free and hand-held wireless communication devices while driving. At the municipal court trial, defendant argued that the manner in which he was using his cell phone while driving was not a violation of the plain meaning of the statute. Defendant testified and admitted that his conduct in the car required him to divert his attention from steering his vehicle on a public road for enough time to enter his six-digit passcode, open the Google Maps app, and place the cursor in the search window. The municipal court judge found defendant guilty of violating N.J.S.A. 39:4-97.3 and imposed a fine.
Defendant appealed de novo to the Law Division, which found defendant guilty of the traffic violation for substantially the same reasons as the municipal court: defendant's actions in his car exceeded the bounds of the statute.
Applying well-established principles of statutory construction, the court held that making multiple keystrokes on a cellphone to locate and use an app such as Google Maps while driving would constitute an offense under N.J.S.A. 39:4-97.3 and that the Law Division and municipal court did not abuse their discretion in finding that defendant's conduct was a violation. The court also held that the statute was not unconstitutionally vague because it fairly puts motorists on notice of what category of activity is impermissible.

08/15/2022

Kraft Heinz recalling contaminated Capri Sun juice pouches
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Kraft Heinz is recalling thousands of pouches of Capri Sun after some cleaning solution accidentally mixed with the juice on a production line.

The company said it’s recalling about 5,760 cases of Capri Sun Wild Cherry flavored juice blend. The “Best When Used By” date on the packages is June 25, 2023.

Kraft Heinz said the diluted cleaning solution is used on its food processing equipment. The company said it discovered that the solution had accidentally mixed with the juice after getting consumer complaints about the juice's taste.

Kraft Heinz, which is co-headquartered in Pittsburgh and Chicago, said in a statement Friday it is working with retailers to remove the product from circulation. Consumers who bought the affected Capri Sun should not consume it and should return it to the story where it was purchased to receive a refund.

08/10/2022

Statement suppressed where detective repeatedly undermined the Miranda warnings throughout an interrogation.

State v. O.D.A.-C 250 N.J. 408 (2022) N.J. Supreme Court
Because a detective here repeatedly contradicted and minimized the significance of the Miranda warnings -- starting at the outset of the interrogation and continuing throughout -- the State cannot shoulder its heavy burden of proving defendant’s waiver was voluntary. The Appellate Division majority correctly concluded defendant’s statement had to be suppressed.

07/01/2022

Arrested driver who asked police to retrieve his items from improperly parked car losses motion to Suppress here State v. Tucker

Defendant appealed from the denial of his motion to suppress evidence in his drug charge case. Two police officers on routine patrol passed defendant driving in the opposite direction and noticed that he was not wearing a seatbelt. The officers then began following defendant's vehicle but did not activate their lights and sirens. Defendant ultimately drove to a residence that was not his and parked in the driveway. The officers caught up to defendant and initiated a traffic stop because his vehicle was blocking the public sidewalk. The officers determined that defendant's driving privileges in New Jersey had been suspended and that he had an arrest warrant for failure to appear in court. Defendant was arrested and because he could not arrange for someone to retrieve his vehicle, he asked the officers to grab some personal items. However, when the officers reached into the vehicle to retrieve the items, they found glass vials and sealed zipper bags that contained co***ne and he**in.
At trial, the trial court denied defendant's motion to suppress, ruling that he had consented to a limited search of the vehicle to retrieve his personal items, during which the officers discovered the drugs in plain view. The trial court further held that the drugs would have been found under the inevitable discovery doctrine as the vehicle was to be towed. On appeal, the court affirmed defendant's conviction. The court agreed that defendant had asked the officers to retrieve items from his vehicle, while the officers would not have entered the car absent defendant's request.

02/22/2022

Penalties if arrested at St. Patrick’s Parades

Over 100 police and law enforcement will be out at parades to arrest persons for drunk & disorderly matters.

2C:12-1. Assault. a. Simple assault. A person is guilty of assault if he:
(1)Attempts to cause or purposely, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another; or
(2)Negligently causes bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon; or
(3)Attempts by physical menace to put another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.
• Simple assault is a disorderly persons offense unless committed in a fight or scuffle entered into by mutual consent, in which case it is a petty disorderly persons offense.

Disorderly person criminal offenses- ex Simple Assault, shoplifting & cases in Municipal Court
Jail 2C: 43- 8 jail 6-month maximum max
probation 1-2 year
community service 180 days maximum
mandatory costs, VCCB and other penalties
Disorderly- fines: 2C: 43- 3 $1,000 Fine maximum

There are dozens of other penalties a court can impose, depending on the type of matter.
Resisting Arrest
It is a criminal offense in the State of New Jersey (2C: 29-2) for a person to purposely prevent a law enforcement officer from effecting a lawful arrest. Typically, a crime of the fourth degree.
• Indictable Crime Penalties [Felony type] [ Superior Court]
• Jail potential Fine max Probation
• 1st degree 10- 20 years $200,000 [presumption of jail]
• 2nd degree 5-10 years $150,000 [presumption of jail]
• 3rd degree 3- 5 years $15,000 1 year- 5 year
• 4th degree 0- 18 months $10,000 1 year- 5 year
Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution (2C:29-3)
A person commits an offense if with purpose to hinder the detention, apprehension, investigation, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another for any crime or motor vehicle violation.
• Depending on the circumstances, a crime of the third degree, fourth degree, or a disorderly persons offense.

Disorderly conduct 2C:33-2. a. Improper behavior. A person is guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense, if with purpose to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof he
(1) Engages in fighting or threatening, or in violent or tumultuous behavior; or
(2) Creates a hazardous or physically dangerous condition by any act, which serves no legitimate purpose of the actor.
b. Offensive language. A person is guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense if, in a public place, and with purpose to offend the sensibilities of a hearer or in reckless disregard of the probability of so doing, he addresses unreasonably loud and offensively coarse or abusive language, given the circumstances of the person present and the setting of the utterance, to any person present.
“Public” means affecting or likely to affect persons in a place to which the public or a substantial group has access; among the places included are highways, transport facilities, schools, prisons, apartment houses, places of business or amusement, or any neighborhood.
· Petty Disorderly person - 30 days jail maximum
Petty DP $500 max Fine, VCCB and other penalties
Sometimes an experienced attorney can negotiate with the prosecutor to have the charges reduced to a Municipal Ordinance. Other times for first offenders we can make a motion for the first offenders program, Conditional dismissal.

Possession, Use or Being Under the Influence, or Failure to Make Lawful Disposition (2C: 35-10)
It is a criminal offense for any person knowingly or purposely, to obtain, or to possess actually or constructively, a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog [other than w**d].
• Depending on the circumstances, a crime of third degree, fourth degree, or a disorderly persons offense.

Drug offenses: in addition to above penalties, mandatory minimum $500 DEDR penalty, mandatory lab fee and other court costs over $200, Probation, drug testing and other penalties. If attorney’s Conditional Discharge motion is granted for first time offender. penalty can be reduced. In certain drug cases, the fine can be up to $75,000.

2C:33-15 Possession, consumption of alcoholic beverages by persons under legal age; penalty
Jail 2C: 43- 8 potential jail 6 month maximum
probation 1-2 year max
community service 180 days maximum

Disorderly- fines: $500- $1,000 Fine maximum under 2C: 43- 3
plus mandatory costs, VCCO and other penalties

33:1-81 Underage drinking and Misrepresenting age to induce sale or delivery to minor fine 500-1,000 court costs and other penalties.

If charged with any criminal offense, immediately schedule an appointment with a criminal trial attorney. Don’t rely on a real estate attorney, public defender or a family member who took a law class in school. When your life and career is on the line, hire the best attorney available.

02/01/2022

Second patdown permitted where belief armed State v Carrillo

The main issue in this appeal from the trial court's denial of defendant's suppression motion without a testimonial hearing is whether the officer violated defendant's rights when he patted him down a second time, just minutes after the officer patted him down the first time and uncovered no weapons.
The court concludes that an officer may conduct a second pat-down when, giving weight to the unproductive first one, the circumstances preceding the second one still give the officer reason to believe the suspect is armed and dangerous. Because there exist issues of fact material to that question, the court reverses the trial court's order and remands for a testimonial hearing. (A-4889-18)

02/01/2022

Car Passenger can’t be asked demanded for ID State v Boston

In State v Boston, the court decided that when the driver is arrested it is reasonable to ask the passenger for his license, but not for further ID when he fails to produce a license.
Defendant Dwayne D. Boston was convicted of third-degree possession of co***ne following a routine traffic stop on his way home from the movies with his wife and children. He contends the police unlawfully asked him, a front-seat passenger in his wife's car, to hand over his State identification card after he told them he did not have a driver's license. The court agrees, and concludes defendant's subsequent arrest on an open traffic warrant was unlawful, and the drugs seized in the ensuing search incident to his arrest should have been excluded at trial.
The court held in a routine traffic stop where the driver has to be arrested on an open traffic warrant, the officer's asking whether a passenger is a licensed driver is reasonable; but when the passenger claims he does not possess a license, the officer's further demand for identification from the unlicensed passenger in the absence of particularized suspicion is not. (A-4752-17)

01/12/2022

Terroristic Threat statute unconstitutional where it criminalizes speech State v Fair

Defendant was charged in a one-count indictment with violating N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3(a) "and/or" (b). At trial, the jury was instructed that it could convict if it found defendant made a threat with "the purpose to terrorize" or with a "reckless disregard" of the risk of causing terror, under N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3(a), or if it found defendant threatened to kill "with the purpose" to put the victim in imminent fear of death, under N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3(b). During deliberations, the jury asked whether it was required to find a violation of both subsections (a) and (b); the judge responded one was enough but did not instruct the jurors that they had to unanimously agree on one of the theories to convict. In appealing his conviction, defendant argues N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3(a) violates the First Amendment in part and that the jury unanimity instructions were erroneous.
The court reversed, determining that N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3(a)'s "reckless disregard" standard is unconstitutionally overbroad and that the jury instructions did not adequately ensure against a patchwork verdict. (A-0913-19)

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