Posts Tagged ‘NY criminal defense lawyer’
NY Sexual Assault: When It’s a Crime, Repercussions, & Your Defense
This past summer several newspapers and online publications released startling statistics about reports of rape and NY sexual assault in NYC. In the month of May 2018, there were 181 rapes reported, which is an increase of 39% from a year earlier. And this statistic doesn’t account for the climbing number of other sexual-based offenses…
Read MoreFelony, First Degree, & Class A Violent Felony: How Does New York Divide & Classify Crimes?
Terminology is a confusing aspect of New York’s criminal justice system. Not only are a huge number of unique terms used on the legal side, the very description and classification of crimes are unfamiliar to most people who are not a New York criminal lawyer or in law enforcement. You might be thinking, “why is…
Read MoreAccomplice Liability in New York: What Is Your Crime?
You’re sitting in criminal court on a Tuesday morning, listening to a judge read the charges against a friend for burglary. Your friend had broken the window of a townhouse in Greenwich Village and went inside to steal the homeowner’s television, stereo, and other costly electronics. He’d made it out with a few items when…
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