The case involves the plaintiffs the People of the State of New York and the defendant Audrey James. The case also involves the People of the State of New York versus the defendant Laverne McCray. The case is being heard in the Criminal Court of the City of New York, located in New York County. Judge Stanley Gartenstein is overseeing the case.
This case involves a debate over prostitution and its effects on the criminal justice system.
Legal Background
The respondent in the matter is the People of the State of New York. The appellant of the case is Edwin W. Jones. The case is being heard in the Second Department, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
A New York Criminal Lawyer said this is a case of appeal made by the defendant in regard to a judgment that was made by Judge Kahn in the county court of Suffolk County. The judgment was made on the fifth of January, 2006. The defendant, Edwin W. Jones, was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, leaving an incident scene without reporting the incident, and operating a vehicle while under the influence of drugs.
The defendant pled guilty to the charges and the imposing sentence.
The people of the state of New York are the respondents in this particular case. The appellant in the case is Jessie Dunn. The case is being heard in the Fourth Department, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.
This case for appeal deals with the question of whether the rights of the defendant were violated under the fourth amendment of the constitution.
Case Background
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The petitioner in the case is James Kenneth Brown III. The matter deals with an application for a judgment that is pursuant to the Civil Practice Law and Rules, Article 78. The respondents of the case are Andrea D. Evans, the Chief Executive Officer for the NYS Division of Parole and the Chairwoman of the NYS Board of Parole. The case is being heard in the Supreme Court of the State of New York located in the County of Franklin.
Legal Background
This is a case of appeal being heard in the Second Department Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The People of the State of New York are the respondents of the case and the appellant in the case is Stanley Beal.
The main question presented by this appeal is whether or not the Criminal Terms refusal to adjourn the hearing to allow the defense the chance to receive a copy of the grand jury testimony from the only witness in the case is an error that is reversible.
Case Background
This is a case involving the People of the State of New York versus the defendant Michael D. The case is being heard in the Criminal Term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York located in Queens County.
The defendant, Michael D. has moved for this court to set aside his sentencing based on the fact that his sentencing was in violation of his rights under the equal protection clause and the due process clause of the Constitution of the United States of America and is therefore not valid.
Case Background
This case is being heard in the Criminal Term of the Supreme Court located in Queens County. The plaintiffs in the case are the People of the State of New York. The defendants in the case are Kevin Jackson and William Mercado.
Each of the defendants in the case has moved to have tangible evidence suppressed. In addition, the defendant William Mercado has moved to suppress his statements. Police Officer William Gray from the Port Authority Police Department testified in the pretrial hearing for the defendants as the sole witness.
Case Facts
A woman had been living with a man for thirteen years and they had a seven year old daughter. The woman ended her relationship with her live-in partner and left the apartment she shared with the man. She took her daughter along.
On February 13, 2007 the man invited the woman back to the apartment they used to share to try to reconcile and talk about their daughter. The woman came and they talked. A New York Drug Crime Lawyer said their talk ended late at night so the defendant invited his former live-in partner to sleep in the living room of their old apartment. The next morning, the man raped his live-in partner three times.
The woman filed criminal charges and submitted herself to a physical examination where a rape kit was used to gather physical evidence from her. The woman also applied and obtained an order of protection for herself and for her daughter and against her husband. The court extended this order of protection six times during the pendency of the criminal proceedings. Her live-in partner was arrested only on April 11, 2007. He was charged with rape in the first and third degrees and sexual abuse in the first and third degrees.
On March 21, 2002, a defendant was sentenced to two years of probation in Michigan for attempted home invasion in the first degree. On August 22, 2003, the same man was charged in the Bronx with criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance (drug possession) in the third and seventh degrees. On October 22, 2003, the man entered a plea of guilty to criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.
He was advised by the judge that if he participated in a drug rehabilitation program at a supervised treatment accountability for safer communities facility, that he would be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea. He would then be sentenced as a misdemeanor and able to perform time served. However, if he did not comply with the agreement, he would be sentenced to four and one half to nine years confinement.
On December 4, 2003, he was released to enter the drug program. One week later the treatment center reported that he had failed to complete the program successfully and had stopped coming after the first week. He was arrested again, and appeared on August 4, 2005 when he was picked up on the warrant following being charged in Michigan under an assumed name for assault with intent to murder, assault with intent to do great bodily harm but not murder, and assault with a dangerous weapon. The Michigan court allowed the defendant to plead nolo contender to the assault with intent to murder. He was also allowed to plead nolo to the dangerous weapons charge. He was sentenced to an indeterminate term in prison from two to fifteen years, plus two years for the felony firearms charge to run consecutively.
The man was charged with kidnapping in the second degree, two counts of assault in the second degree, attempted rape in the first degree and attempted sexual abuse in the first degree. The man was also charged with similar counts previously involving another woman but was later dismissed.
Evidently, the only proof of the man’s alleged criminal acts was the testimony of the complainant, who first reported the incident to the police when the police came to interview her in connection with the reported attack on the other woman. The complainant specifically testified that one afternoon, she brought her three children to her neighbor’s apartment because she intended to go to a hospital to fill a prescription. On that event, the man was also there and volunteered to go downstairs to call a taxicab for her. It was about 4:15 P.M. or 4:30 P.M. when the complainant entered the taxicab. A New York Criminal Lawyer said the man then suddenly climbed in behind her and told the driver to pull off and keep driving. The ride lasted more than 10 minutes and maybe about two hours. At the cab, the man told the complainant that she was going to pay for what everyone had done to him. When the complainant responded that she didn’t know what the man was talking about, the man kept repeating that she was paying for what had happened to him and she should shut up. The man then began to hit the complainant about her face with his fists. The man continually assaulted the complainant throughout the ride. At one point, the man struck her in the back of her head with a gun and stated that he would kill the complainant because she was paying for what everybody did to him.
Afterwards, the man also asked the taxicab driver if he wanted to watch him killing the complainant. At another point, the man told the complainant that if she told anyone about what happened in the taxicab he would kill her son. As darkness set in, the ride ended at a vacant parking lot and the complainant could not recall the lot’s exact location but estimated that it was about two miles from her home. At the parking lot, the man pulled the complainant out of the taxicab. A New York Criminal Lawyer said the man again threatened to kill the complainant’s son if she screamed and he invited the taxicab driver to punch the complainant. The taxicab driver punched the complainant in her mouth with his fist. The man continually screamed at the complainant and again struck her in the back of her head with the gun. The man also punched the complainant in her stomach causing her to fall to the ground. As she passed into unconsciousness, the man told the complainant that he was going to rape her. The complainant woke up the next morning and the only clothes left on her was her shirt and socks. She had a lump on her head, her stomach and genitals felt sore, and her legs felt sore, wet and sticky. She found the rest of her clothes strewn about the parking lot.
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