At around midnight of April 15, 1992, the police set up a DWI checkpoint at the corner of Clinton and Stanton Streets in Manhattan. The police officers set up the checkpoint so that all the passing cars would be funneled into one lane and every motorist would have to pass…
New York Criminal Lawyer Blog
Court Discusses Constructive Possession in Drug Case
A New York Drug Crime Lawyer said the defendant was found not guilty on a charge of possession of cocaine with the intent to sell, but was convicted on the other count made against him of possession of marijuana. The defendant argues that the court made an error by not…
Defendant Questions Court Jurisdiction
The Facts of the Case: Defendants stole people’s identities, committed bank fraud when opened fraudulent bank accounts in the victims’ names, and transferred money from the victims’ legitimate bank accounts to the fraudulent ones they controlled from an extensive enterprise which they oversaw. Thus, a New York Criminal Lawyer said…
Court Reverses Grand Larceny Indictment
In this proceeding, an intermediate order denying a motion to dismiss an indictment will have a review from the Supreme Court. A New York Criminal Lawyer said it appears from evidence presented that a bank, a trust company and another corporation executed a statement of trust receipt financing. At the…
Court Maintains that Grand Larceny Must be Proven Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
The Facts of the Case: A New York Criminal Lawyer said on 16 May 1984, defendant was convicted by the County Court of Nassau County of grand larceny in the second degree (three counts), grand larceny in the third degree, petit larceny, commercial bribing or bribery in the first degree…
Defendant Claims that Theft Charges Were Time Barred
In 1991, the man assumed administrative duties at a nursing home. He became its principal operator in 1995. A New York Criminal Lawyer said at all relevant times, the nursing home was a participant in the Medicaid programs and was reimbursed through such programs for services provided to each state’s…
Couple Charged with Grand Larceny in Bad Check Scheme
A husband and wife were accused of having issued checks that bounced. A New York Drug Crime Lawyer said there were nineteen checks issued altogether and the value of each check amount to no less than twenty dollars and no more than thirty dollars. The checks were issued as payment…
Court Finds Scheme to Defraud Regarding DEC Permits
A New York Criminal Lawyer said the counts charge the defendants in conjunction with payments made by several corporation/parties. It is the theory of the prosecution that criminal liability attached to the actions of the defendants because the money which the defendants obtained as a result of the transactions involving…
Court Discusses Elements of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree
A man was accused of the crimes of criminal mischief in the second degree, two counts of criminal mischief in the fourth degree, two counts of grand larceny in the second degree and two counts of attempted grand larceny in the second degree. A New York Criminal Lawyer said the…
Court Decides Charges of Illegal Prescriptions
An undercover police officer had heard rumors that it was possible to purchase drugs without prescription from a pharmacy in Manhattan. He had also heard it said that it was also possible to purchase drugs using a different prescription and the purchase price was discounted when a Medicaid car was…