On 10 November 1988, early in the evening, A New York City Police Officer and his partner, both assigned to the 34th Precinct, were on routine motor patrol, when they received a radio message directing them to the corner of 213th Street and Broadway, New York County. As the officers…
Articles Posted in Criminal Procedure
Court Decides if Accomplice will be Convicted
Five men formed a gang whose only purpose was to prey on drug dealers. They targeted drug dealers who were always awash with cash and robbed them. They also took the drugs they found on the drug dealers and sold these on the street. One night, on February 12, 1997,…
Court Discusses Various Degrees of Robbery
In just one afternoon of April 7, 2009 a man snatched the purse of an old lady as she was about to enter a store inside a shopping mall. Later that afternoon, that same man walked into a bank. He walked up to the counter and grabbed a teller by…
Court Discusses Felony Murder Rule
According to the accused man’s trial testimony, he and several others met at an uptown hotel to arrange a robbery of their acquaintances that were operating a shooting gallery for heroin in a nearby apartment. They completed their plans and proceeded to the apartment, armed with at least two loaded…
Court Reverses Prior Ruling Regarding Robbery Charge
One Saturday morning, a military air force base exchange was robbed. The robber took nearly $30,000 from the cashier’s safe and putted into a plastic bag taken from a trash can near the cashier’s cage. At the trial, a New York Criminal Lawyer said none of the five witnesses could…
Court Erred on Motion for Severance of Actions
A manager was with another employee when they were on route in a company van to one of its nearby stores with a bag containing the cash receipts. A New York Criminal Lawyer said after noticing that a vehicle in front of his van pulled off onto the shoulder of…
Court Discusses Alford Plea
The plea that is entered in a criminal case is of great importance in how the crime and the person convicted of the crime is treated in the system of jurisprudence. Some people accept plea agreements without thoroughly understanding what these agreements entail. One of the most frequently misunderstood pleas…
Court Hears Appeal for Retail Theft
The appellant of the case is Dude Emshwiller. The appellee in the case is the State of Florida. The case is being heard in the second district of the District Court of Appeal in Florida. Appeal Dude Emshwiller, the appellant is appealing his original judgment and sentencing. The original sentence…
Store Issues Flyer Warning of Habitual Shoplifter
The petitioner of the case is Edgar Paul, et al. The respondent of the case is Edward Charles Davis, III. A New York Criminal Lawyer said he original case was heard and argued on the fourth of November in 1975. The original verdict of the case was given on the…
Suspect Subjected to Strip Search
The plaintiff and appellee in the case is Lynda L. Watt. The defendant and appellant of the case is the Police Department of the City of Richardson. Appeal A New York Criminal Lawyer the City of Richardson is appealing the finding of the district court that states that the strip…