On 8 February 1991, an altercation occurred between the defendant and her landlord at the latter’s house where both parties lived. On that date, defendant’s landlord was under arrest by the police and charged in a felony complaint with assaulting the defendant. At her arraignment, defendant’s landlord was assigned Legal…
A man pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and was sentenced to six months imprisonment concurrent with five years probation. After three years, the man was arrested for robbery in the first degree and other charges. After a year, he pleaded of guilty to…
A grand jury heard evidence concerning an incident occurred. After the deliberation, they voted an indictment charging a man with the crime of criminal possession of stolen property in the second degree. Subsequently, the district attorney re-opened the criminal proceeding. The attorney asked the jury to consider the charges of…
On 20 December 1994, a certain person was shot in his apartment on Parkside Avenue, Brooklyn. On 27 December 1994, criminal defendant got arrested and charged with possession of a weapon. During his interview, the arresting officers suspected that he was involved in the 20 December 1994 shooting. Thus, the…
On 16 December 1983, the County Court of Nassau County rendered judgment convicting a certain defendant of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, after a nonjury trial. The defendant appealed from that judgment. The appeal brought up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch…
On 16 December 1983, the County Court of Nassau County rendered judgment convicting a certain defendant of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, after a nonjury trial. The defendant appealed from that judgment. The appeal brought up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch…
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 weapon and ammunition by a convicted felon. Case Background In July, law officers executed a search warrant on the…
The accused man along with a co-accused was convicted of robbery in the first degree. He and his co-accused had been charged with aiding and abetting the actual perpetrator; and the sole evidence linking the accused to the robbery was his own admissions. The evidence was insufficient to establish the…
The appeal was filed by the defendant for his conviction of the penal offenses of manslaughter that is considered a crime of terrorism, attempted murder, gun crime and conspiracy. A law was enacted by the Congress that penalized acts of terrorism due to the terrorist attacks that happened in 2001…
In this criminal case, defendant appealed from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Jonas, J.), rendered November 18, 1991, convicting him of attempted murder in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (two counts), reckless endangerment in the second degree, criminal possession of…