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A 17 year old in Cattaraugus County faces felony sex offense charges for receiving and forwarding a nude photo from an underage teen girlfriend. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 9:42 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

You have a right to an attorney and if you can’t afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. The landmark Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright ensures this right. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 at 10:29 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

A recent probe into Governor David A. Paterson’s role in a protection order incident is bringing the court orders into the public light, revealing their benefits and shortcomings in protecting victims of domestic violence and other such crimes. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Monday, May 3rd, 2010 at 3:56 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

The second precinct, at Yonkers Raceway and across from the Empire City Casino has seen several acts of vandalism over the past several years. The targets of these unknown vandals? Officers’ private vehicles. And although the officers aren’t happy about the situation, they have yet to catch those responsible. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 11:21 am and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

In a report from the New York State Police we find that one major crime lab in the state had employed an undertrained and unqualified analyst for 15 years before being found out. The investigation into the lab began in 2008 when problems in the analyst’s work were first suspected. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Monday, December 21st, 2009 at 6:55 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

A New York State Senator was convicted of domestic assault related misdemeanor offenses, but was found not guilty of the more serious felony assault charges. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Monday, October 19th, 2009 at 2:41 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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