You Can Take Charge Of Your Future
The new law applies to every aspect of law criminal law in New York State. It is a game changing law that was passed by New York State last year and put into effect on January 1. It allows for New York State to be on the forefront of fairness and reasonableness, as it...
The court can consider alternatives to incarceration. The only exception is if someone is going to be accused of being a kingpin in a drug scheme, which is highly unlikely for most people who get caught up in a drug conspiracy. The major cases in New York that require...
The New York State legislature passed a law last year that said for most charges in New York, a judge will not be giving bail to the person who is accused. In a lot of cases, including misdemeanors and violations, you will get a desk appearance ticket requiring you to...
The decision to arrest one party over the other is left to the discretion of the police officers. In my experience, the male tends to be arrested more often than the female, even if the male initiated the phone call to the police. In many cases, there is no rhyme or...
There’s a very paternalistic element in law enforcement which manifests in the male being arrested for domestic violence more often than the female. In Nassau County and Suffolk County, it is also common for the person who did not call the police to be arrested. If...
The prosecutor is the only party who has the discretion to drop charges. It is a common misconception that the complaining witness can choose to drop charges; once a person swears to a complaint, changing their story could result in an aggressive prosecutor...
You can contact an attorney prior to taking a chemical test in a DWI arrest, but it is not a constitutional right. If you ask for an attorney during a DWI arrest, the police cannot deem that request to be a refusal to take a chemical test without explaining to you...
You may have to meet with a pre-trial probation officer if the court decides to release you into a supervised release program (SRP). I will try to make it so that you won’t have any government interference in your life while the case is pending, but if violence or a...
After a DWI arrest, the biggest and most costly mistake that people make is failing to appear at the administrative hearing. I have had clients come to me a few weeks after an arrest on a refusal and tell me that a few attorneys advised them that appearing at the...