A Kings Domestic Violence Lawyer said that, the defendant was charged with, inter alia, harassment in the second degree based on numerous harassing and threatening telephone calls he allegedly made to his former paramour, with whom he had two children. On January 18, 2007, a misdemeanor complaint was filed charging…
Defendant was arrested for acting in concert with co-defendant 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 lady victim. Defendant and co-defendant were subsequently indicted for all of…
The defendant was convicted after a jury trial of Kidnapping in the First Degree, Rape in the First Degree (five counts), Sodomy in the First Degree (four counts), Robbery in the Third Degree, and Assault in the Second Degree. He was sentenced to an aggregate indeterminate term of incarceration amounting…
In the case at bar, the criminal court assumes the most stringent standard in People v Vilardi, that is, the “reasonable possibility” standard to apply. Defendant’s contention fails because of the lack of evidence that DM’s suspicion predated his decision to accuse defendant and to cooperate with the D.A.’s office.…
A Kings Domestic Violence Lawyer said that, defendant move to have the People produce specified documents. Defendant claims that the records are vital to the preparation of her defense based upon the “Battered Woman’s Syndrome” (BWS). Defendant has commenced three separate proceedings for the documents. Defendant has issued a subpoena…
This is a proceeding wherein the defendant, J, is charged with eleven counts of having multiple unregistered, unlicensed motor vehicles on his property at 2401-2403 Route 9G in the Town of Hyde Park without site plan approval to operate a junkyard in violation of Hyde Park Code (HPC) §108-2, §108-23,…
A boy, 10 years old, had just finished his lunch, his mother had left the room to go visiting and he was all alone in their fifth floor apartment watching television. He heard a scream and, as he looked out the living room window onto the third floor roof of…
This is a proceeding wherein the defendant has moved for relief pursuant to C.P.L. §440.10(1)(b),(c),(f),(g) and (h). She was convicted after a jury trial of one count of sodomy in the second degree, one count of sodomy in the third degree (both as to complainant CB), bribing a witness (DM),…
The parties were married in New York in May 2002. While married, the father worked as a first grade teacher and the mother worked as a mandarin interpreter. The criminal parties knew each other for only a short time prior to their marriage, at which point, the mother became pregnant…
It is the defendant’s argument that the proposed amendment would, indeed, change the theory of the prosecution because the indictment specifies CB as the specific person about whose “race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability, or sexual orientation” the defendant had formed beliefs or perceptions which…