The complainant was formerly employed as a sales associate in the computer department of the offender’s store. At some point, the complainant entered a transaction into the cash register for the sale of a computer, charging it to a credit card. The complainant’s employee number appears on the store’s computer…
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A plea agreement was made and entered into by the defendant
On 14 February 1990 at approximately 6:15 p.m., criminal defendant and another individual acting together, was observed by a police officer selling crack coccaine to three persons. The three buyers were seen talking to the defendant and his partner and each gave a sum of money to defendant’s partner, whereupon…
Since the defendant here did not possess the car, there can be no such inference.
Defendant is charged by information with petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in the third degree and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, in that he was a passenger in a stolen and damaged car. Defendant has moved to…
Pursuant to CPL § 440.20(1), a motion to set aside a sentence may be made at any time after the entry of a judgment
Defendant was indicted on twelve charges, including one count of Robbery in the First Degree, PL 160.15(3); two counts of Robbery in the Second Degree, PL 160.15(1) and (2)(a); one count of Robbery in the Third Degree, PL 160.05; one count of Grand larceny in the Fourth Degree, PL 155.30(5);…
The General Construction Law sets forth certain rules for the construction
The defendant man charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree, Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia in the Second Degree and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana moves to dismiss the accusatory instrument on speedy trial grounds alleging that the complainants failed to announce their readiness for trial within…
Defendants asserted, however, that the bonuses had been properly authorized
In this criminal action, defendants are the former chief executive officer (CEO) and chief financial officer (CFO) of a publicly-held diversified manufacturing company. After a nearly six-month trial, a jury convicted defendants of 12 counts of first degree grand larceny, eight counts of first degree falsifying business records, one count…
The defendant attorney moved for a further inspection of the grand jury
The defendant, an attorney, was indicted in a nine count consolidated instrument. He was the executor-attorney of the estate of his deceased law partner. Seven of the counts concerned larceny of estate property and one concerned perjury in an examination before trial in a Surrogate’s Court Proceeding to revoke letters…
Evidence is overwhelming
The following two (2) cases involve the reduction of a grand larceny conviction to petit larceny and its corresponding sentence due to the insufficiency of evidence presented during trial. On March 7, 1988, the criminal defendant in this first case was charged with robbery in the second degree, grand larceny…
The defendant raised two constitutional challenges to the sentence statute
In this cocaine related case, defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, convicting her of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence of two concurrent…
The issue in this case is whether the court erred in imposing that defendant should attend a domestic violence counseling program
A Kings Domestic Violence Lawyer said that in this criminal case, defendant, accused of assaulting his wife, moves to vacate as unreasonable the condition of bail imposed by the court that he attend a domestic violence counseling program. The issue in this case is whether the court erred in imposing…