The Facts:
A New York Criminal Lawyer said on 15 December 1981, defendant was convicted of several drug crimes (which includes marijuana possession, heroin possession, etc.), viz: Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree, Conspiracy in the Second Degree and Criminal Use of Drug Paraphernalia in the Second Degree. Defendant was sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.
The Issue:
The plaintiff in the case is Joachim Harris. The defendants in the case are Chandra M. Young, et al. The case is being heard in the New York State Supreme Court. The Honorable Melvin S. Barasch is the justice hearing the case.
Case Facts and Background
The action in this case comes from the sale of a real property that was owned by the plaintiff. A New York Criminal Lawyer said the property is located at 176 Malta Street in the city of Brooklyn. The plaintiff sold the property to defendant Michael Greene on the 24th of August, 2001. The price was $255,000. The plaintiff states that he was defrauded by the plaintiffs as they withheld all but $180,000 from the sale of the home.
Ideal Steel Supply Corporation is the plaintiff in this case. The defendants in the case are Marshall H. Beil, et al. the case is being heard in the Supreme Court of the State of New York located in Queens County. Judge Peter Joseph Kelly is presiding over the hearing.
The defendants have moved for an order to have the complaints made against them by the plaintiff dismissed.
Case Background
The plaintiffs in this matter are Avivith and William Oppenheim. The defendants in the case are Mark Stumer, Joseph Viscuso, Mojo-Stumer Associates Architects, P.C. and d/b/a Mojo-Stumer Associates. The case is being heard in the Supreme Court of the state of New York located in New York County. Judge Charles Edward Ramos is hearing the case.
Case Background
A New York Criminal Lawyer said thttp://www.newyorkcriminallawyer24-7.com/he plaintiffs, the Oppenheim’s made a RICO claim against the defendants based on mail and wire fraud. These claims were in connection with renovations that were being done on their apartment. This claim has been dismissed. The Oppenheim’s then made a similar claim against the defendants in a first amended complaint. This complaint was also dismissed.
This case deals with a matter concerning the attorney and counselor at law, Cheddi B. Goberdhan. The petitioner in the matter is the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts. Cheddi B. Goberdhan is the respondent. The case is being heard in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division; Second Judicial Department. A. Gail Prudenti, P.J. , William F. Mastro, Peter B. Skelos, Reinaldo E. Rivera, and Leonard B. Austin, JJ are the judges hearing the case.
Case Background
A New York Criminal Lawyer said the Grievance Committee from the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts has motioned for the name of the respondent to be taken off the roll of attorneys and counselors at law. The reason for this motion is that the respondent was convicted of a felony, which is in violation of Judiciary Law Section 904.
In 1980, the district attorney summons a grand jury to investigate allegations concerning a gas company. In connection with that investigation, the district attorney issued a subpoena directing the company’s president, to present to the grand jury numerous books and records of the company.
In addition,a New York Criminal Lawyer said the grand jury issued a subpoena directing the president to appear and give testimony. Consequently, the president appeared and testified to the company’s sales volume, his knowledge of that volume, his involvement in the company’s operation and his knowledge of about the financial situation.
The attorney-general secured charges against the president charging him with one count of grand larceny in the second degree (sales tax evasion) and sixteen counts of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree (false sales tax returns).
The Facts:
Defendant has a history of being arrested under different names.
A New York Criminal Lawyer said that on 12 August 1972, defendant was arrested for possession of burglar’s tools while on a fire escape. He gave a name, name-one, with a date of birth of 30 December 1946 and an address of 180 Saratoga Avenue in Kings County.
The Facts
On 2 July 1982, defendant presented a check in the amount of $254.78 to a cashier employed by a Market to pay for a $30.06 bill for groceries. A New York Criminal Lawyer said the check was made payable to person-one and drawn against an account maintained by a corporation.
The check was presented with the Market’s customer check cashing card which had been issued to person-one. At the time the check was presented to the cashier, it bore the signature of person-two, as maker on behalf of the corporation, and was indorsed on the reverse side of the check in the name of person-one. In order to receive cash to return to defendant, the cashier went to the service counter where she handed the check and the check cashing card to the head cashier. The head cashier recognized the check as one for which an alert had been received by the store a few days earlier, thus, he instructed the cashier to detain defendant, and called the police and the assistant store manager. Thereafter, defendant indicated to the assistant store manager that the check was his. (Defendant repeatedly denied that this conversation with the assistant store manager ever occurred.) While the assistant store manager attempted to detain defendant, defendant left the store. The assistant store manager followed defendant out of the store and identified him to the police.
The Facts:
Defendant was employed as an assistant comptroller of a Hospital. Allegedly, a New York Criminal Lawyer said the defendant was depositing checks payable to his employer in his own checking account. Thus, he was charged with five counts of grand larceny in the second degree. An audit by the Hospital revealed, and defendant admitted, that during the period from 1967 to 1972, such defalcations amounted to approximately $68,000.
According to defendant’s memorandum, and not controverted by the prosecution, the defendant was advised between his arraignment on 27 January 1976, and his plea of guilty on 24 February 1976, that if he made satisfactory restitution to his employer’s insurance carrier he would be allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor in satisfaction of the indictment.
The plaintiff in the matter is the Greenview Trading Company. The defendants in the matter are Hershman & Leicher, P.C., Harold M. Hershman, Indu Craft, PLC of New York, Incorporated, and Richard Rottman. A New York Criminal Lawyer said the case is being heard in the Supreme Court in the state of New York located in New York County. The acting justice in the case is David B. Saxe.
The question before the court in this case is whether state courts have concurrent jurisdiction with federal courts to hear private civil actions regarding damages under the RICO act, or are these actions only within the federal domain.
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