The people of the state of New York are the respondents in this particular case. The appellant in the case is Jessie Dunn. The case is being heard in the Fourth Department, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. This case for appeal deals with the question of whether the rights…
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Court Decides if Error Was Made Regarding Grand Jury Minutes
This is a case of appeal being heard in the Second Department Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The People of the State of New York are the respondents of the case and the appellant in the case is Stanley Beal. The main question…
Defendant Claim Law He Was Convicted of Has Been Repealed
In 2007, a man was convicted of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. The case stemmed from an incident that was witnessed by an on duty uniformed police officer in Chemung County, New York. A New York…
Defedant Seeks to Have New Parole Hearing
On November 17, 1990, a thirty-two year old plumber who was married with three children lived on West 143rd Street in Manhattan. At around 6:43 in the evening, the plumber met his brother’s wife’s boyfriend in front of 225 West 129th Street. The began to argue. They parted and went…
Defendant Asks to Seal Prior Convictions
It is no secret that people make mistakes when they are young. It is not unreasonable to offer a second chance to those who are able to mature past their youthful indiscretions. The Rockefeller Drug Law reforms were created as a means to offer second chances to those offenders who…
Court Determines Probable Cause for Weapons Charge
Parents have told their teenagers for years to watch the company that they keep. That is especially true if the teens are associating with persons who are likely to commit a crime (felony or misdemeanor). The courts are full of people who were in the wrong place at the wrong…
Defendant Contends Impropriety of Prosecutors Office
On September 10, 1992, the area of east 213th Street and Bronxwood Avenue in the Bronx, New York was a hotbed of drug activity. Rival drug gangs competed with each other for the drug turf using guns and violence to hold their sales areas. On this night, two brothers who…
Court Dicusses an Initial Robbery Conviction
This case is being heard in the Second Department, Appellate Division, of the Supreme Court. The appellant of the case is Donald Booker. He is being represented by Patrick R. Garcia from Brooklyn. The respondent of the case is the People of the State of New York, et al. The…
Magazine Publisher Sues City Police Under Freedom of Information Law
The complainants, a magazine publisher, two men and a woman seek a judgment declaring certain records of the accused, city police department subject to disclosure, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) and Public Officers Law (POL) to allow the complainants to inspect and obtain copies of records, declaring…
Defendant Contends No Probable Cause for Search of Glove Box
A man is charged with criminal possession of a weapon; criminal possession of stolen property and one count of bribery. He moves to suppress physical evidence seized at the time of his arrest and any custodial statements attributed to him. On the morning of January 23, 1982, a police officer…