In November 2002, the complaining witness, then 14 years old and pregnant, first told medical providers and then the police that she had been raped by a 14-year-old classmate in her school. Once inconsistencies in her story were revealed, she stated that she had engaged in consensual sex with this…
Articles Posted in Sex Crimes
SORA was enacted in 1995
A woman approached a group of children in a park, grabbed the arm of an eight-year-old girl and tried to pull her away; her motive, as far as it can be inferred from the record, was to replace one of her own children, of whom she had lost custody. She…
Risk Assessment
An old man was arrested for acting in concert with a young man in allegedly committing the crimes of Kidnapping in the First Degree, Rape in the First Degree, Sodomy in the First Degree, and Unlawful Imprisonment in the First Degree, against a woman at approximately 11:00 p.m., in the…
Correction Law § 168-q(1)
A Bronx Criminal Lawyer said that, on June 11, 1996, defendant pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the second degree, admitting that on September 11, 1993 he raped a woman and repeatedly stabbed her in the chest. While defendant was incarcerated, his DNA was found to match the DNA developed…
The Appellate Division reversed the Family Court order
In this appealed Criminal case, the court we consider whether there is sufficient evidence to support a finding that the subject children are neglected pursuant to article 10 of the Family Court Act. A New York Criminal attorney said that In October 2007, respondent father pleaded guilty to rape in…
SORA hearing
In January 2007, a Police undercover detective posing as a participant in an Internet chat room was contacted by another chat room participant with an alias. The defendant engaged in several exchanges with the detective, stating, inter alia, that he wanted to engage in sexual acts with underage children, that…
Megan’s Law has different, protective purposes.
Having been released to parole supervision following their incarceration resulting from separate convictions for sexual offenses the defendants individually appeared before the Court, pursuant to Correction Law to obtain judicial determinations as to the level of notification or classification applicable to them. Prior to the Court’s assessment of their risk…
Section 10.06(h)
In January 1992, Respondent pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree robbery, and single counts of first-degree burglary, first-degree rape, and first-degree sodomy. This plea satisfied charges arising from two separate criminal incidents—the robbery of a gas station attendant and a home invasion—for which Respondent was arrested and indicted separately…
Correction Law § 168-n (3)
A New York Criminal Lawyer said that, in 1990, defendant pleaded guilty to rape in the first degree in satisfaction of a series of charges relating to a 1988 incident in which he pulled a stranger into an abandoned van and raped her. The victim managed to escape and flag…
A mistrial resulted because of a deadlocked jury
A man was indicted and charged with the crimes of sodomy in the first degree, robbery in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. The said crimes were committed but the man was not arrested…