This is a Marijuana Possession case. Respondent is a public housing authority that provides and manages residential units such as the subject residence, the Breukelen Houses, located Brooklyn, New York. Petitioner was a tenant of apartment 3B (the apartment) at the Breukelen Houses. According to the Resident Lease Agreement, Petitioner…
A Kings Drug Possession Lawyer said that, a Spanish-speaking student at Boys’ High School in Brooklyn reported that someone had taken his calendar-type Timex wristwatch. The Dean of the school transmitted this information to the uniformed school service officer who is the complainant herein. All that the complainant had to…
A Kings Marijuana Possession Lawyer said that, the defendant, charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree (Penal Law (PL) § 220.03), Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia in the Second Degree (PL § 220.50[2]) and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana (PL § 221.05) moves to dismiss the accusatory…
In January 1992, the 13-year-old appellant was arrested. He was charged with acts which, if committed by an adult, would have constituted the crimes of attempted grand larceny in the third degree, attempted grand larceny in the fourth degree, criminal mischief in the third degree, and criminal mischief in the…
In this criminal case, defendant appealed from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, convicting him of robbery in the third degree and grand larceny in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. A Kings County Grand larceny lawyer said that the Court agrees…
This is a proceeding wherein the defendant was arrested for allegedly selling a quantity of phencyclidine (PCP) to another apprehended individual, and possessing additional quantities of PCP and ketamine in the stroller occupied by his child. He was charged by this indictment, inter alia, with Criminal Possession of a Controlled…
This case concerns the new and rapidly developing field of the law of “forfeiture”. In this civil action, the plaintiffs seek, inter alia, to recover damages arising from an alleged fraudulent scheme to improperly obtain public funds. Simultaneous with the prosecution of criminal charges against the defendants, this civil action…
In this criminal case, a motion to dismiss was filed pursuant to CPL 30.30(1)(a) which requires the court to determine how the Second Department’s decision in a case law affects the calculating of the prosecutor’s speedy trial time. In October 1988, the court dismissed an indictment charging defendant with robbery…
This is a proceeding wherein the defendant moves to vacate his judgment of conviction pursuant to CPL § 440.10(1)(h) on the grounds that he did not knowingly and voluntarily enter his guilty plea due to his ineffective assistance of counsel. It is his contention that his attorney failed to properly…
This is an appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County, rendered December 2, 1988, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of grand larceny in the fourth degree. A New York Grand Larceny Lawyer said that, in April 1988, defendant was indicted for grand larceny…