On December 10, 1980, two men armed with a shot gun entered a fast food restaurant in Nassau County. They threatened the employees with bodily harm if they did not hand over the cash in the cash box. When the two female employees handed to the two armed men all…
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Consent to Search Questioned
Seldom has this Court considered a more spectacular or bizarre case than this habeas corpus petition of an experienced Texas criminal lawyer, former mayor of the City of Pasadena, Texas, who was found guilty in Texas State Court of being the mastermind and accomplice in an especially brutal and horrible…
Defendant Charged with Two Crimes from Single Conversion of Money
In this criminal case, appellant, was charged by information with robbery under section 812.13(2), Florida Statutes (1981) (Count I), and with grand theft, second degree, under section 812.014, Florida Statutes (1981) (Count II). The facts adduced at trial indicated that appellant and two other males had shopped lift a convenience…
Court Discusses the Elements of Conspiracy
This involves a case where the court dismissed the indictment against defendants for conspiracy in the fourth degree (two counts), hindering prosecution in the third degree (two counts) and official misconduct (two counts). a New York Criminal Lawyer said that in the early 1960s, JF, a resident of Queens County…
Appellant Argues Sentencing Guidelines were Inaccurate
In this case, a New York Criminal Lawyer said the Appellant sought review of the sentences imposed based upon inaccurate sentencing guidelines scoresheet, and a written probation order that included a condition which was not pronounced orally at the sentencing hearing. The court reversed the sentence imposed and remanded the…
Court Hears Juvenile Robber Case
This case is about an appeal filed by a juvenile from an adjudication of delinquency for robbery and a subsequent commitment to the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. The central question presented for review is whether the state established a prima facie case that the respondent juvenile employed…
Defendant is Charged with Robbery
The Facts: In the early fall of 1986, defendant-appellant and his friend travelled from the friend’s home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to New York. On 10 October 1986, defendant-appellant dropped his friend off at a shopping mall on Long Island, New York. When he returned a few hours later, he…
Defendant Charged with Illegal Salary Payments
During the 89th Congress, a Special Subcommittee on Contracts of the Committee on House Administration conducted an investigation into the expenditures of the Committee on Education and Labor, of which petitioner was chairman. A New York Criminal Lawyer said the Special Subcommittee issued a report concluding that the defendant and…
Court Discusses Mental Hygiene Law Proceedure
This case is being heard in the Supreme Court of the state of New York in New York County. The People of the State of New York are the petitioners in this matter. Case Facts A New York Criminal Lawyer said the respondent in this case, pled guilty in 1968…
Defendant Contends Violations of Search and Seizure Law
Seldom has this Court considered a more spectacular or bizarre case than this habeas corpus petition of an experienced Texas criminal lawyer, former mayor of the City of Pasadena, Texas, who was found guilty in Texas State Court of being the mastermind and accomplice in an especially brutal and horrible…