Unlawful Transportation of Aliens: Second Circuit Finds Insufficient Evidence of “Furthering” Illegal Presence in the U.S. Published June 19, 2017
Sentencing Judges Continue to Enjoy Discretion: Judges Permitted to Consider Mandatory Minimum Sentence to Determine Additional Sentence for Predicate Offense Published May 31, 2017
NY Court Of Appeals: DMV Has Authority And Discretion For Permanent Revocation Of Driver’s Licenses. Published May 18, 2017
The Latest Iteration Of The Molineux Rule: The Court Of Appeals Effectively Limits The Type And Scope Of Defenses The Accused May Present At Trial Published May 12, 2017
The New York Court of Appeals Holds That a Search is Not a Search: Orwellian Principles + Unconstitutional Search= No Search Published May 10, 2017
Codefendant Felony Acquitted: Assisting Defendant May Still Be Criminally Liable Published March 13, 2017
Inability to Speak English Not a Suspect Class for Equal Protection and Due Process Violation Published January 3, 2017
Insider Trading: Supreme Court Broadens the Definition of Personal Benefit to Include Gifts Made to Relatives and Friends Published January 3, 2017
Release of GPS Location to Police: Cell Phone Providers Permitted to Make Call Published December 20, 2016
Double Jeopardy: Retrial Hangs On Inconsistent Verdicts After Vacated Conviction Published December 13, 2016
Defining Actus Reus: Concurrent or Consecutive Sentences under Penal Law 70.25 Published December 7, 2016
Tolling the Statute of Limitations in Criminal Cases: CPL 30.10(3)(f), the Special Case of Course of Sexual Conduct in the First Degree Published November 22, 2016
Facial Sufficiency of Misdemeanor Accusatory Instrument: Plain Meaning Provides Sufficient Notice of Charges Published November 10, 2016
The Court of Appeals Gives the Business Records Rule A New Twist When Electronic Information is Transferred to Hardcopy Published November 2, 2016