Long Island Dentist Arrested for Reckless Endangerment: Is Intoxication...
While the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office will not be resolving the age old question of whether a dentist is in fact a “doctor” (I do not want to be accused of being an antidentite...
View ArticleFalling Like a House of Cards: Resisting Arrest Dismissed as a Result of...
One of the more common ways the police and prosecutors can amplify an otherwise insignificant event is by alleging, and ultimately arresting a person for, Resisting Arrest (New York Penal Law 205.30)...
View ArticleUnderstanding Official Misconduct & Obstructing Governmental Administration...
Being charged with and arrested for any misdemeanor crime in New York is no walk in the park. A New York criminal defense attorney need not advise you of this obvious fact. The reality is, any...
View ArticleAttempted Endangering the Welfare of a Child: When Does Your Conduct Cross...
An arrest in New York for Endangering the Welfare of a Child is one of the more serious misdemeanor crimes in the New York Penal Law. Generally speaking, its not that one “A” misdemeanor is more...
View ArticleWhen Sharing Cigarettes is a Crime: The Low Level Threshold for Prosecuting...
Whether its the Administration of Children’s Services (also called “ACS”), the New York City Police Department or a prosecutor from Manhattan to Brooklyn or anywhere in the State, being accused of a...
View ArticleUnlawful Surveillance – PL 250.45: From “Up Skirts” to Bathroom Recorders –...
Every criminal arrest or conviction has a collateral consequence. Obviously, some are more severe than others. While an arrest can be humiliating, a conviction can strip us of many rights we take for...
View ArticleActing in Concert & Accomplice Liability: How Far Must You Go to be Liable...
New York, like all other states, has its own means to determine whether individuals can be arrested and charged as co-defendants for a particular crime. Obviously, merely being present when a crime is...
View ArticleIs Proper Service Necessary in Order to Find a Later Violation of a...
One of the more straightforward arrests and prosecutions handled by Assistant District Attorneys in New York City as well as some of the neighboring counties is Criminal Contempt in the Second Degree....
View ArticlePotential Criminal Charges for MTA Train Crash Conductor: What Crimes Wiliam...
While there is likely a significant amount of investigation that has yet to occur, the sad reality is that many innocent people were terribly injured and died when a Metro North train from Poughkeepsie...
View ArticleNew York Criminal Contempt Information Page: Understanding the Different...
Criminal Contempt is a crime that generally brings both personal attention and significant scrutiny from Assistant District Attorneys and judges beyond what one would normally expect in a criminal...
View ArticleFacial Insufficiency & Dismissal: When NY Criminal Complaints Charging...
Facial Sufficiency is a vital consideration in the field of Criminal Law (one of many, of course). If a misdemeanor information (some people call it a complaint) is facially insufficient then the...
View ArticleEndangering the Welfare of a Child: Can any Custodian be Liable for and...
In New York, or any state for that matter, arrests involving children carry with them the worst stigma. Obviously, crimes that involve sexual or physical harm are by far and away the most serious, but...
View ArticleAgriculture and Markets Law 353: Intent, Knowledge and Animal Abuse in New...
Certain crimes, whether ultimately proven by prosecutors beyond a reasonable doubt or successfully defended by New York criminal defense attorneys before or during trial, have a significant stigma...
View ArticleBlackmail, Extortion, Harassment, Hacking, Stalking & Other Victimization:...
New York Blackmail and Extortion comes in different “flavors” and “sizes”. These cases are often as unique as the circumstances, victims and perpetrators. Often, when there is an extortion, threat of...
View ArticleFailure to Appear on a Misdemeanor Court Date: Bench Warrants and Bail Jumping
Most people know to listen to a judge. After all, he or she has the ability to change the trajectory of your life whether you are involved in a civil case or you have been arrested for any number of...
View ArticleFree Speech vs. Aggravated Harassment: True Threats and New York PL 240.30
Second Degree Aggravated Harassment, New York Penal Law 240.30, is a fairly common misdemeanor crime charged by the NYPD and prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys throughout the City of New York....
View ArticleNew York “Sextortion” and Non-Consensual Pornography Crimes: Potential New...
It likely is neither an exaggeration nor overstatement. “Sextortion” and the circulation of sexual images by a malicious and ill-intentioned former spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend or other person is as...
View ArticleNYC AC 19-190: Legal Sufficiency of New York City’s “Right of Way” Law
A law that without question has a good intent and goal, New York City’s Right of Way law, codified as Administrative Code 19-190, has seen its fair share of legal challenges by criminal defense lawyers...
View ArticleRevenge Porn Crimes in NYC: Unlawful Disclosure of an Intimate Image and NYC...
Whether you reside in New York City, the Hudson Valley or any municipality from Manhattan to Buffalo, Rochester to White Plains, or Syracuse to Albany, you are not immune from predation by would be...
View ArticleI am a Victim of Revenge Porn in New York: Criminal Prosecutions and Civil...
Thanks to the passage of New York City Administrative Code 10-177*3, Unlawful Disclosure of an Intimate Image, victims of Revenge Porn and the unauthorized sharing of compromising images in New York...
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