Defendant sold crack cocaine to an undercover police officer, a drug crime. On the day after the sale, defendant was arrested. A New York DWI Lawyer said the defendant was charged with the crime of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree. Defendant pled guilty to the…
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Defendants Claim Confessions Read at Trial Unfairly Swayed Jury
On January 10, 1990, two men who were drug dealers met and decided that they were going to have to rob a convenience store owner from India because he owed them $5,000 for a previous drug deal. A New York DWI Lawyer said he had not paid the men and…
Court Looks at Possible Illegal Search
A police officer was on patrol one evening when he received a call regarding a disturbance at a certain street. He was advised that an occupant of a tan Honda Accord, with the license plate no., was holding a gun out of the window; a possible gun crime. However, no…
Defendants Convicted of Violation of the Hobbs Act
The United States of America is the plaintiff and the appellee in this case. The defendants and appellants of the case are John Franklin Roper and Dr. Luther Lewis Ashley, Jr. The case is being heard in the fifth circuit of the United States Court of Appeals. Criminal Case and…
Defendant Appeals for Sentencing Reduction
The plaintiff and appellee in the case is the United States of America. The defendant and appellant of the case is Felicia Monique Dunn. The case is being heard in the fifth circuit of the United States Court of Appeals. Appeal A New York DWI Lawyer said Felicia Monique Dunn…
Defendant Claims Sentencing was Disporportionate to the Crime
This is a case of Ewing versus California. The case is being heard in the Second Appellate district in the Court of Appeals in California. The original case was argued on the fifth of November in 2002 and the decision was made on the fifth of March in 2003. Case…
Court Terminates Parental Rights
A married couple who are both hearing impaired had two children born on May 1995 and May 1992. The younger child has spina bifida. The two children were removed from the home and placed in foster care on June 20, 1996 by the Family Court after it found proof of…
Court Decides if DWI Offender Should be Denied Gun License
The right to bear arms in this country is a vital part of our country’s history. In recent years, the right to bear arms, has been more limited than at any other time in the history of this nation. In order to bear arms in New York, a person must…
Court Discusses Reliability of Field Sobriety Tests
When a person gets behind the wheel of a car, they are getting behind the wheel of a machine that is heavy enough to kill another person. It is a weapon when used offensively against another. When a person has already proven that they are incapable of using good enough…
Court Says Evidence Must Establish Prima Facie Case
Defendant is charged with assault in the third degree and resisting arrest, in violation of Penal Laws. Defendant moves for an order dismissing the two information, or, in the alternative, granting a hearing, pursuant to People v. Huntley (a Huntley hearing), regarding statements disclosed by the People in a notice…