The manager of a gas station was sitting in between the two gas pumps on the night of August 10, 1977. As he was sitting there, two men came to the station on foot asking him if he fixed tires at the gas station. The manager looked at the two…
New York Criminal Lawyer Blog
Court Discusses Criminal Solicitation
The accused parties filed motions to dismiss the charges against them of criminal solicitation on the ground that there exists some jurisdictional or legal impediment to their conviction and on the ground that the accusatory instruments are defective. The Court grants the motions to dismiss the charges of criminal solicitation.…
Court Decides if Property Owner can be Held Liable for Crime
On 17 April 2006, the victim, age 17, was in a backyard located at Farmers Boulevard, Hollis, New York visiting with his friend. Defendant was the owner of the premises. At approximately 1:50 p.m., while the victim and his friend were working on a car in the backyard, the victim…
Cab Driver Charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon
A cab driver was caught with a loaded .22 caliber revolver while in his taxicab on February 24, 1978. The District Attorney convened a Grand Jury to deliberate on whether or not to issue an indictment against the cab driver. A New York Criminal Lawyer said the District Attorney accused…
Court Decides Constitutionality of Seizure Law
In the fall of 2005, residents of the six-story Housing Authority apartment building complained to the Police Department’s Housing Bureau about criminal law violations, trespassing in the building, crack possession and drug sales occurring in the building’s lobby. The police officer’s superiors in the Bureau passed on the complaint to…
Court Decides Murder Case
A former employee of a bodega came in just as the manager was closing shop. The former employee had a loaded pistol and pointed it at the manager. He cocked it and ordered him to open the safe or he’ll blow his brains out. A New York Criminal Lawyer said…
Court Modifies Defendant’s Sentence
The man was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, in particular of possession of a narcotic drug with the intent to sell and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, in particular of knowing and unlawful cocaine possession with 500 milligrams or more. The man…
Court Listens To Violent Robbery Case
One day a woman and her husband parked their automobile alongside a river. While picnicking in their car, two men in a light blue vehicle drove up beside them. One of the men exited their car, approached the couple’s vehicle, pointed a shotgun on the husband’s head and demanded money.…
Court Charges Accomplice with Robbery
A man met some friends one afternoon and drove with them in his car to another friend’s house. There they all spent the night. The next morning, two of his friends asked him to drive them to an address in Queens where he was going to see a man about…
Defendant Charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon
Two plainclothes police officers were sitting in an unmarked car which was parked near a high crime area just outside a bar. For the past two weeks prior to the incident, there had been hold-ups in the neighborhood. They noticed a car with African-American males in it slow down in…