Serious Criminal Charges Demand a Serious Criminal Defense Attorney

If you’re here today, perhaps you or someone you know is in distress due to a sex registry violation, or in a position to be re-tiered, for better or worse. I can help. Put me in your corner and you get a very experienced, highly regarded criminal defense attorney who will fight for you, and speak powerfully to the charges on your behalf. Contact Howard Bailey at 973.982.1200 for a free consultation to discuss what steps you need to take immediately to protect your name, your reputation and perhaps your freedom as well.

Megan’s Law Sex Registry Has Various Tiers. Are You in the Right One?

Conviction for certain sex-related crimes requires that you register as a sex offender with the New Jersey Sex Offender Registry. The restrictions you will be placed under, such as where you can live, will depend on which of the three ‘Tiers’ you are placed into. The State and the Court will do an analysis of several different factors, and based on that calculation they will want to place you into what they think is the appropriate level of registration. Fight being placed into a high tier, by preparing a defense for you to be placed into the lowest level possible.

If you are required to register as a Registered Sex Offender, contact Howard Bailey at 973-982-1200 for a free consultation to discuss how to support being placed into a low Tier.

How Does Megan’s Law Affect Me?

Megan’s Law places an offender into one of three levels (Tiers). The tier you are placed into will determine the extent of, and who, is made aware of you being in the neighborhood. The lower the tier, the fewer people will know of your criminal record.

Tier One – Only the police are notified.
Tier Two – Typically only the police and the schools are notified.
Tier Three – The police, schools and the community are notified.

Challenging a Tier Placement

The ‘Registrant Risk Assessment Scale’ calculates your ‘risk of re-offense’ based on an analysis of factors. In a recent case Howard Bailey successfully lowered a Tier 2 Client to Tier 1, by arguing that even though the client was numerically a 2, all of the mitigating factors and a Risk Assessment Analysis done by a defense psychologist all mitigated towards placement as a Tier 1. The prosecutor concurred and the Court placed the client into Tier 1.

About Howard W. Bailey

Howard W Bailey has been involved with the field of criminal law for over thirty-five years, and knows his way inside the legal system: He’s been a police officer, an assistant prosecutor, and now works as a criminal defense attorney for those who’ve been charged with a crime. So if you are a registered sex offender, Howard Bailey’s experience can make a huge difference in how your rights and freedom are protected and defended in a re-tiering appeal, perhaps leading to a more reasonable placement under the law. He has represented hundreds of clients throughout NJ in the Superior Courts, Municipal Courts and the Federal District Courts. While the majority of his criminal cases are resolved, downgraded or dismissed, Mr. Bailey’s extensive legal experience in criminal law has had a powerful and positive effect on sex crime cases that have gone to trial.

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