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…
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Family Court
In this criminal case, the Court 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 the second…
Safe Harbour Act
A Queens Criminal Lawyer said that, the defendant is a 16-year old with no criminal history who is charged with the offense of loitering for the purpose of prostitution. The charge is a non-criminal violation punishable by no more than fifteen days jail. When she appeared before the arraignment part…
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…
The legislature was primarily concerned with the protection of the public
A 16 years old girl was arrested with the others in a raid of a house of prostitution. She was immediately brought to the district attorney’s office and questioned in the presence of the police officers. She stated that she had been forced by a man to enter and remain…
Based on records, the Bronx County has the geographical jurisdiction over the man’s case
A man is charged with the crime of failure to register as a sex offender. He then moves to dismiss the complaint on the ground that it is facially insufficient. He raises two interesting issues with respect to the complex and still relatively new law, namely the proper geographical jurisdiction…
Supreme Court to conclude that an error had been made
A 54 years old woman has a long history of drug abuse and a lengthy criminal history, consisting primarily of drug-related offenses. During the woman’s younger age, she dropped out of school in the seventh or eighth grade because she was having problems at home, and began using speed and…
People v. Giarratano, People v. Rosenthal
This proceeding is an appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered 10 February 1977, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree (three counts) and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, upon a jury verdict,…
Penal Law §§ 110.00, 165.05
A Kings Family Lawyer said that, this case grows out of a quarrel over an automobile between the defendant and his estranged former lover. Defendant and his former lover lived together for a time, and they remained on friendly terms even after they took up separate residences. They decided to…
Penal Law § 120.14(2)
A Kings Order of Protection Lawyer said that, defendant moves to dismiss counts 1 through 10 and 24 through 27 of the indictment on the ground that each count is duplicitous because each count charges multiple acts in violation of multiple court orders. In deciding the motion, the court has…