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New Jersey Lewd Conduct Law

By Lependorf & Silverstein

Lewd conduct is a serious crime in New Jersey. There are many potential ways to be charged with lewd conduct and they all can result in serious penalties and fines. If you are facing lewd conduct charges in New Jersey, it is important that you fight the charges with the help of a skilled criminal defense attorney. New Jersey Statute 2C:14-4 states: ?A person commits a disorderly persons offense if he does any flagrantly lewd and offensive act which he knows or reasonably expects is likely to be observed by other non-consenting persons who would be affronted or alarmed.? This means that not only must the prosecution prove that an act was committed, but also that the lewd act was knowingly committed in front of someone. Many lewd conduct cases in New Jersey arise out of mistaken identities and misunderstanding...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on December 13, 2010 (boomark / email).