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Early one morning in March, 2004, two police officers directed a gentleman to pull over in his car due to an inoperable brake light, as well as what appeared to be excessive window tinting. Upon asking the gentleman to step out of his car, his unsteadiness was noted, as was the smell of alcohol; at which point, he was placed under arrest for driving while intoxicated. The Defendant was then taken to the police station to have a breathalyzer (an Intoxilyzer 5000, which was in good working order) administered, wherein he was videotaped, along with the two arresting officers and two additional officers out of camera view (one operated the camera).

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In a sex crime hearing in the Supreme Court, Kings County on August 3, 1998, the defendant’s sex offender level was lowered after the Court carefully considered all of the facts in the case. The defendant was convicted of one count of Attempted Rape in the First Degree, and a lesser crime of Count I of the indictment charging Rape in the First Degree, also known as statutory rape. Other charges in the indictment were based on the age of the victim. There were no allegations of forcible compulsion per se. The sex crime offender proposed that his moderate risk level should be reduced to a low risk level, and that the higher level was not consistent with facts that were part of his case and his due process rights.

In this sex crime, the defendant was arrested on March 5, 1993 and charged with Rape in the First Degree, Sex Abuse in the First Degree, and Endangering the Welfare of a Child. This resulted from the complaint of 10 year-old Jamila who stated that the defendant had removed her clothes, spread her legs, and placed his penis inside her vagina. Later that day, he gave her five dollars to not tell anyone what happened. The sex abuse charge was dismissed upon a technical error by the Grand Jury.

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On June 9, 2005, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department heard the case of Isaiah Brown, Appellant, v. Glenn S. G, as Commissioner of Correctional Services, Respondent. The appellant in this case wanted to have certain information expunged from documents provided to the petitioner under the Freedom of Information Law.

The petitioner was incarcerated at the time, resulting from his conviction of various sex crimes. These included the assault of a woman. The petitioner was also charged with rape and sodomy in the first degree in connection with this assault, but he was not convicted of these crimes. The petitioner later attempted to gain access to certain documents that were part of the rape and sodomy charges. His request was denied at first, but later the First Department reversed the decision on the basis that the proof submitted by the petitioner showed that the woman assaulted in this sex crime did not have an identity that needed to be protected,

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The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York heard the case of The People of the State of New York, Respondent v. Reginald S, Defendant-Appellant on August 25, 2011. The Supreme Court convicted him of two counts of rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree (three counts), burglary in the second degree (three counts), robbery in the third degree (two counts) and attempted robbery in the third degree. He was convicted by a jury on May 24, 2007 and sentenced as a persistent violent felony offender to 150 years to life for these sex crimes.

On July 15, 2005, the defendant was charged with multiple counts of forcible rape, forcible criminal sexual act, burglary, robbery, and attempted robbery. These incidents supposedly took place over a two week time period on the upper west and east sides of Manhattan. They occurred around the same time on three separate dates. Three different women were attacked and robbed during these sex crimes. In all of these cases, the women had either had a cushion placed over their faces, and one woman was told to blindfold herself.

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In separate incidents, two men were arrested for driving while intoxicated and other various violations of the Traffic Law. As a result of the filing of the charges for driving while intoxicated, the driver’s licenses of both these men were suspended automatically. After arraignment and during pre-trial, both men raised the same issue: they both contended that the prosecution of the charges for driving while intoxicated will be a violation of their constitutional right against double jeopardy as they had already been penalized for the same charges when their licenses were suspended. Both men filed motions for the dismissal of the criminal indictments against them.

The Supreme Court decided to hear and decide these two motions jointly and decided to deny the motions to dismiss.

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A woman was accused of driving while intoxicated. During her trial, the District Attorney presented affidavits and certifications attesting to the analysis and results of tests done by the forensic laboratory. The District Attorney tried to establish the reliability of the tests used by the forensic laboratory by further offering in evidence the certification of the Inspector General o the New York State Police Crime Laboratories attesting to the s of the tests as part of the regular course of business of the police crime laboratories.

The District Attorney also attempted to introduce into evidence the certifications of the officials of the Office of Public Safety as to the regularity of the inspection, maintenance and calibration performed by them on the machines used to test the alcohol content of the breath of accused.

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On April 18, 2007, police responded to a home in Queens, New York. What they found there was a horror. Four bodies were found dead in the home. One was an elderly woman. A second was the companion of the woman. The third was a home health care worker assigned to the woman. The fourth was the twenty year old son of the woman, he had killed himself. Evidence at the scene revealed that he had first killed his mother, then her companion and the home health care worker, and then he had killed himself. The woman was survived by another younger son who had not yet reached the age of consent.

In May of 2008, the surviving son filed a complaint alleging wrongful death in the case of his mother. It also alleged infliction of emotional distress, negligent supervision and gross negligence on behalf of the New York City Police Department. By May 20th the court had denied all of the child’s claims, which were made through his father, on the grounds that the time limit to file such claims had expired. The only remaining claim is that of criminal wrongful death.

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In a classic case of domestic violence, the victim, usually the wife of the perpetrator, is afraid of the consequences when she decides to file a case against her husband and her husband is convicted.

A 35-year old man was charged with the crimes of assault and coercion. According to sources, the charge arises out of an incident that occurred at dawn one July day. The sources said that the husband punched his wife in the ribs causing laceration to her spleen and requiring hospitalization in intensive care and medical treatment. The wife added that her husband took her cell phone and tore the telephone line for her cordless phone off the wall to prevent her from calling 911.

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Children often become the direct victims of domestic violence. Oftentimes, being exposed to domestic violence leads to the child being mentally or emotionally impaired. Oftentimes, in a sad twist of fate, an act of reckless violence results to the death of an innocent child.

In this case, a government agency filed a negligence case against a mother of two minors. The two children were Ravern H., aged 18 months, and Kelly S. Ravern, aged six weeks. The government agency found that the children are neglected children and removed them from the mother’s care for a period of 12 months.

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Courts, judges, and juries decide cases based on what the law says. But what if the law seems to be saying two different things? And what if the law in two states are different? Which one should be followed? An expert discusses a most interesting case that answers these two questions.

Malik Y or Yusuf M was convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fourth Degree, and Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia in the Second Degree.

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