The defendant in this case is appealing his conviction for multiple drug charges. Case Background A New York Criminal Lawyer said the charges that were made against the defendant come from a drug purchase made by an undercover police officer. The purchase took place inside of a house. The defendant…
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Defendant Contends Insufficient Evidence to Uphold Marjuana Conviction
The defendant is appealing a jury conviction that charged him with the crime of carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime and for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. Case Background In July, law officers executed a search warrant on the…
Court Unravels Complicated Larceny Case
The charges in this case arise from five separate incidents, beginning in July 1986. On July 3, 1986, a man representing himself as an executive of a foreign branch of General Electric Corporation, asked that $5,000 in travelers’ checks be prepared and delivered to an associate, K.D. Thereafter, defendant appeared…
Court Discusses Double Jeopardy in Drug Possession Case
The indictment charges against defendant with others with various degrees of possession of a dangerous drug are as follows: Count 1: 1st degree–possession of 16 ounces and more of heroin; Count 2: 4th degree–possession of a narcotic drug (heroin) with intent to sell; and Count 3: 6th degree–possession of a…
Court Discusses Application of Harmless Error Rule in Theft Case
The Facts of the Case: Petitioners were charged with breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, to-wit: grand larceny. At a jury trial, petitioners requested an instruction on breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor, petit larceny, but this request was denied. Thereafter, the jury found…
HIV Positive Defendant Charged With Biting Victim
The parties of the case had a quarrel between them wherein the defendant had bitten the complainant during their squabble. A New York Criminal Lawyer said the People filed a motion to order the removal from medical records and non-disclosure of the HIV status of the victim from the defendant.…
Court Discusses Drug Crime of Facilitation
A New York Criminal Lawyer said that, defendant L. is charged with facilitating a felony with respect to a “buy and bust” operation, in that, as reflected in the indictment “the defendant L. believing it was probable that he was rendering aid to T.P., a person who intended to commit…
Court Discusses the Elements of Conspiracy
This involves a case where the court dismissed the indictment against defendants for conspiracy in the fourth degree (two counts), hindering prosecution in the third degree (two counts) and official misconduct (two counts). a New York Criminal Lawyer said that in the early 1960s, JF, a resident of Queens County…
Court Decides if Powell was Unlawfully Excluded from Seating in Congress
During the 89th Congress, a Special Subcommittee on Contracts of the Committee on House Administration conducted an investigation into the expenditures of the Committee on Education and Labor, of which petitioner Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., was chairman. A New York Crirminal Lawyer said the Special Subcommittee issued a report concluding…
Appellant Seeks to Preclude Testimony of Lower Court
On this proceeding, a real estate company and a man move for a relief, in which both of them seek inspection of the grand jury minutes, suppression of evidence, discovery and disclosure. The real estate company and the man are both charged under count one with attempted promoting prostitution in…