Defendant, charged with robbery in the first degree and related offenses, moves for a dismissal of the indictment and for other forms of relief on the ground of discriminatory prosecution in that he is being prosecuted as a major offender by the Bronx District Attorney. The major offense program, which…
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As part of a scheme to steal money from a customer, the defendant, an insurance agent, forwarded a false document to her employer
The judgment of the Bronx County Supreme Court rendered May 12, 1986, convicting the defendant man on a plea of guilty of robbery in the first degree, burglary in the first degree, criminal use of a firearm in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, criminal mischief in the…
The assailant implored his former schoolmate to let him go
A man was indicted for robbery in the second degree and grand larceny in the third degree. He was acquitted on the robbery charge, found guilty of the count charging grand larceny in the third degree and sentenced to five years probation and a fine of $100. The criminal charges…
Defendant sustained his burden of proof under C.P.L. 400.21.
In Supreme Court, Bronx County, the defendant pleaded guilty to robbery in the second degree. Such plea covered the entire indictments. In support, defendant submits that the allocution was factually insufficient because it did not contain a statement of affirmation by the defendant that “force”, an essential element of the…
No testimony was offered independent of the defendant’s statements to show that the robbery did not occur.
On 16 September 1978, the defendant was arrested and charged in one accusatory instrument, a felony complaint, with two crimes, i. e., Violation of Sections 265.02, a felony and 240.50, a misdemeanor. On 21 November 1978, a preliminary hearing was held by the court. The people offered the testimony of…
The charges were dismissed and the minutes sealed
Defendant is charged with Robbery in the First Degree, Robbery in the Second Degree (two counts) and Grand larceny in the Third Degree. Thereafter, he testified under a waiver of immunity before another grand jury concerning unrelated crime. The charges were dismissed and the minutes sealed. A Bronx County Grand…
Appeals are in order in this case
An appeal was made by an accused man from a judgment of the Kings County Supreme Court convicting him of 4 counts of robbery in the first degree, 2 counts of robbery in the second degree and 4 counts of grand larceny in the third degree upon a jury verdict…
The issue in this case is whether court erred in convicting the defendant of grand larceny and robbery
This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered April 9, 1985, convicting him of robbery in the third degree, grand larceny in the third degree, reckless endangerment in the first degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree,…
The issue in this case is whether defendant’s motion to vacate the judgment of conviction should be granted
This is an application by the defendant in the nature of a writ of error, coramnobis, to vacate and set aside a judgment of conviction, dated December 18, 1933, convicting him, upon his own plea of guilty of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him to Prison, for a…
Contentions raised are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit.
In this criminal case, defendant appealed from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, convicting him of robbery in the third degree and grand larceny in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. A Kings County Grand larceny lawyer said that the Court agrees…