Kenneth Vercammen is a Middlesex County Trial Attorney who has published 130 articles in national and New Jersey publications on Criminal Law, Probate, Estate and litigation topics.

He was awarded the NJ State State Bar Municipal Court Practitioner of the Year.

He lectures and handles criminal cases, Municipal Court, DWI, traffic and other litigation matters.

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NJSA 2B:12-18 Jurisdiction of Specified Offenses Where Indictment and Trial by Jury Are Waived

NJSA 2B:12-18 Jurisdiction of Specified Offenses Where Indictment and Trial by Jury Are Waived



2B:12-18. Jurisdiction of specified offenses where indictment and trial by jury are waived

 A municipal court has jurisdiction over the following crimes occurring within the territorial jurisdiction of the court, where the person charged waives indictment and trial by jury in writing and the county prosecutor consents in writing: 

a. Crimes of the fourth degree enumerated in chapters 17, 18, 20 and 21 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes; or

b. Crimes where the term of imprisonment that may be imposed does not exceed one year.

Source: N.J.S.2A:8-22.
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