This proceeding brought before the court on 26 May 2011 held a probable cause hearing arising out of a petition filed on 14 January 2011 by the New York State Attorney General (“Petitioner”), pursuant to Article 10 of the Mental Hygiene Law (“MHL”), seeking a determination that Respondent ET is…
In the case at bar, the claim that the federal jurisdictional predicate excludes BM’s federal crime from inclusion under SORA is even weaker. First, in fact, BM was in New York County when he attempted to acquire the videotapes, and second, the jurisdictional requirement is for the federal crime, in…
On 12 May 1999, BM pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to an indictment charging a violation of 18 USC § 2252 (a) (2), a federal class C felony, carrying a potential punishment of more than one-year imprisonment. The indictment charged…
These are two juvenile delinquency proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 3. Appellant appeals are from (1) a fact-finding order of the Family Court, Queens County, which, after a fact-finding hearing, found that the appellant committed an act which, if committed by an adult, would have constituted the crime…
At approximately 12:55 a.m., a police officer, in plain clothes and assigned to the street crime unit, was driving southbound in an unmarked police car with his partner when he observed an automobile that double parked the street on the northbound side. He also observed that there were no other…
The deceased and his male friend occasionally sold marijuana out of a grocery store they owned together in Queens. While the deceased was away on a trip, the defendant came into the store and told the male friend that he wanted to buy a quantity of marijuana. They agreed on…
An Appeal was filed by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree and failure to stop at a stop sign, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. A Suffolk County Drug Crime attorney…
In a civil forfeiture action, the defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, which, upon an order of the same court, searching the record and granting summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, declared that the defendant had forfeited all right, title, and interest in a…
In May 1964 a search warrant authorizing a search of the person and the Queens County residence of the defendant was issued, based upon a supporting affidavit sworn to by a Detective. Armed with the warrant, the Detective and two other detectives took the defendant into custody in Manhattan, near…
A man spent the evening of Saturday and the early morning hours of the next day in a basement apartment, smoking large quantities of crack cocaine and drinking large quantities of alcohol. As the night progressed, he also kidnapped and robbed at least two individual. After one of the said…