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Defendant Contends with Premises Liability Issues

The Facts of the Case: A New York Drug Posession Lawyer said the plaintiff was a tenant in a building located at Academy Street in Manhattan, owned by defendant-one and managed by defendant-two. On 26 February 2002, in the early afternoon, plaintiff entered the building through the lone entrance available…

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Defendant Contends Police Initiated Contact Inappropropriate

On 23 January 1997 at approximately 3:30 A.M., an investigator from the Albany County Sheriff’s Department boarded a bus which had arrived from New York City. The investigator, wearing civilian clothing with his police badge prominently displayed on his coat, was accompanied by two other officers. A New York Criminal…

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Defendant Contends Lack of Jurisdiction for Warrant

Issues surrounding search warrants can become complicated, especially if the court that issues the search warrant is not sure if they are even able to issue a search warrant. On September 25, 2003, an associate village justice signed a search warrant for a building inspector. A New York Criminal Lawyer…

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Drug Possession Defendant Contends No Probable Charge for Search

One early morning in August of the year 2000, a police officer and his partner were on patrol in uniform in a marked patrol car. The officer testified that he had been a member of the New York City Police Department for four years and had made approximately 10 arrests…

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A man was charged with four counts of the drug crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance, four counts of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and seventh degree. The charges contained pertaining to four sales and cocaine possession allegedly made by the…

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Court Discusses Probable Cause in Drug Possession Case

The police officers of the 32nd precinct in New York City were assigned to conduct surveillance over the corner of 128th Street and 8th Avenue because this was known as a high-drug crime area. Many arrests for cocaine possession and heroin possession have been made at this corner. A New…

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