A woman who was originally from the Dominican Republic had a son whom she left in the Dominican Republic when she migrated to the United States. She obtained permanent residence status when she married an American citizen with whom she had two other children. A New York Criminal Lawyer said…
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Defendant Claims Plaintiff Recanted Her Statement
The Facts: Defendant, who was then 24 years old, had known the complaining witness, then 20 years old, for several years. Allegedly, on 24 April 1976, at the complaining witness’s home, following a visit with the complainant’s family and defendant’s mother, defendant told the complainant that he wanted to have…
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The Facts: A police officer allegedly observed the defendant remain in or wander about a public place for twenty minutes, during which defendant repeatedly beckoned to passers-by and stopped two passers-by, engaging in conversation with said passers-by; stop only male passers-by and defendant did not beckon to or converse with…
Court Discusses the SORA act
The Facts: On 15 November 1988, the respondent was arrested in Kings County and subsequently indicted for robbery in the first degree and related offenses. A New York Drug Possession Lawyer said on 15 November 1989, he entered a plea of guilty to attempted robbery in the first degree. Sentencing…
Court Confirms Probable Cause for Defendant’s Arrest
In the early morning hours of May 11, 2004, near Sheridan Avenue in Brooklyn, the man accosted the woman, grabbed her around the neck, pointed a knife at her, and demanded money. When she told him that she had none, he pulled her into a nearby yard and raped her…
Court Discusses the Crime of Predatory Sexual Assault
The indictment alleges that on May 2, 2011, the man forcibly compelled the complaining witness to perform oral sex upon him. A New York Criminal Lawyer said that according to the indictment, the man then forcibly subjected the woman to anal intercourse. The indictment further alleges that, on May 14,…
Defendant Claims Court Lacked Jurisdiction for Order for Protection
On this proceeding, a man filed an appeal from a judgment convicting him of burglary in the second degree, criminal contempt in the first degree and second degree, upon his plea of guilty. The offense happened on the last quarter of 2004 when the man assaulted his former girlfriend on…
Court Discusses Use of Defendant’s Prior Acts Presented at Trial
Drug crimes are a problem in every city in the United States, but courts do not usually expect to find them on their own back doorsteps. A New York DWI Lawyer said in the case of the Supreme Court of Bronx County in 1972, they did not expect to find…
Court Seeks to Raise Defendant’s Sex Crime Offender Level
This is a case being heard in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in Kings County. The case involves the people of the state of New York versus Alexis Liston. Case This is an instant action brought forth against the defendant to raise his level of sex…
Defendant Seeks to Lower his Risk Assessment Level
This case is being heard in the Second Department Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The appellant of the case is Robert Fareira. The appellant is represented by Steven Banks, New York, New York, with Joanne Legano Ross for counsel. The respondent of the…