Cases that involve drug crimes often include violence. In some cases, this violence is more severe than others are. Few people will not admit that the violence of a criminal exploit is directly relative to the amount of money that the criminal stands to gain. A New York DWI Lawyer…
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Court Discusses Miranda Warning at DWI Stop
Driving while Intoxicated or Driving Under the Influence of alcohol or drugs has become a more commonly charged offense than it has ever been. The reason for this is that the legally intoxicated limit has been substantially reduced in recent years. A New York Criminal Lawyer said the current intoxicated…
Court Discusses Jurisdiction of the IDV Court
On 18 January 2011, defendant was arraigned in Buffalo City Court on one count of harassment in the second degree pursuant to Penal Law alleging an act of domestic violence by the defendant against the complainant. A New York DWI Lawyer said on 26 January 2011, the People declared their…
Court Discusses Sick Leave Policy in Light of Domestic Violence Allegations
On 1 June 2000, petitioner was hired by the New York City Department of Correction, subject to a two-year probation period. She is the mother of two pre-teenage children and a victim of abuse by their father, a crack and alcohol abuser with a criminal history. A New York DWI…
City Sues Street Gang
The Queens Plaza area is located at the foot of the Queensboro Bridge. A New York DWI Lawyer said it is one of the major entranceways to Queens and indeed to the rest of Long Island. In addition to being a conduit for the vehicular traffic to and from Manhattan…
Woman Claims DWI Stop Was Not Lawful
Many issues of law are important to cases of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In some cases, these lines can be blurred. However, when it comes to what rights an officer has to stop a vehicle, the law has stated that an officer only needs to have…
DWI Defendant Claims Breathlyzer Machine was Inaccurate
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs has been a hot political topic for the past decade. The results of the political impact is that more laws and tougher laws have been enacted that are aimed at reducing DUI incidents. The problem is that whenever more laws are created,…
Defendant Charged with Class E Felonies based on Prior Misdemeanor Charge
Ono June 21, 2007, a man was apprehended and subsequently charged with driving while intoxicated per se and common law driving while intoxicated. These two charges in the indictment are class E felonies which are predicated on a previous misdemeanor conviction for driving while intoxicated in 2001. After arraignment, a…
Defendant Claims Officer did Not Have Probable Cause in DWI Arrest
A police officer was patrolling along Route 404 on January 12, 2005 at 2am. He saw a car going very fast and it was heading toward him. The police officer’s radar unit registered the approaching vehicle to be going at 55 miles per hour when the speed limit in the…
Defendant Challenges the Accuracy of Breathalyzer Instrument
A New York Criminal Lawyer said on 11 March 2007 at 4:58 A.M., a police officer who was trained to estimate the speed of a moving vehicle observed defendant traveling at about 90 miles per hour on the Long Island Expressway. The officer confirmed that estimate by a laser device…