On June 15, 1982, Joseph C was convicted of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree in the Supreme Court of Richmond County, New York. Mr. C’s attorney appealed the conviction to the Supreme Court Appellate Division,…
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New York Appellate Court Charged With Determining If There is Sufficient Evidence for Robbery Charge
John G was charged with one count of robbery in the first degree stemming from an incident that occurred on May 22, 2008. In that incident, Mr. G entered the Commerce Bank branch on Hugenot Avenue in Richmond County, New York and handed a nearby teller a note. The note…
New York Appellate Court Concludes that Robbery Charge is Contradictory to Murder Charge
Timothy M was indicted on first degree robbery charges stemming from an incident that occurred on January 5, 1992. In that incident, Mr. M, along with a group of approximately 15 others, was walking along Jefferson Avenue in Rochester, New York. The group happened upon Charles G, an individual known…
New York Courts Discuss Robbery Charge Where Weapon Used Wasn’t Real
Every day the cases of robbery can be deemed as numerous. In fact, every rep does not run out of such cases to handle for legal proceedings. According to the Penal Law, any individual can be considered guilty of robbery if he steals the property not his own with force.…
New York Appellate Court Decides if Consecutive Sentencing is Appropriate
On the night of December 24th, 1992, Martin B and Kevin D entered the parking lot of a hotel in Queens to make a payroll delivery. Both B and D were off-duty police officers who were moonlighting for the Mount Vernon Money Center. After parking their vehicle, B walked to…
Can You Be Charged With Robbery When There is No Visible Weapon? New York Courts Decide
With every robbery case, it is an important issue to clear whether the ones accused carried a certain kind of firearm during the actual crime. To learn more about it, a competent lawyer discusses the cases of Freddie and Hector M who were both being proven to have carried such…
Can You Be Charged With Robbery When Weapon Isn’t Used? New York Courts Decide
John G entered a bank, walked up to a teller station, and handed her a handwritten note that said, “I have a gun, Fill the bag. Don’t say anything or I’ll shoot”. The teller filled the bag with money she had at her station, and John took it and walked…
New York Court of Appeals Decides Whether Concurrent Sentences Appropriate
On August 11, 1988, at approximately 8:00 p.m., Nigel G and Terence O were working at a game booth at Coney Island amusement park. Suddenly, two individuals identified by G as Rodolfo G and an accomplice, Lonnie Jones, approached him. G also testified that G stuck a hard object in…
A, B, and T were brought before the court on charges of first degree robbery.
A New York Robbery Lawyer discusses the details of a court case that illustrates the difference between first and second degree robbery. A, B, and T were brought before the court on charges of first degree robbery. B and T were found guilty of the charges while A was acquitted…
The right lawyer can mean the difference between guilty and not guilty
Although a lot of people joke about lawyers being a hassle to work with, when push comes to shove, the right lawyer can mean the difference between guilty and not guilty. Your lawyer should speak for you and say what you want to say. But what happens when a lawyer…