While handing a New York City Desk Appearance Ticket may be something that a Desk Appearance Ticket lawyer or New York criminal defense attorney is familiar with, people who receive these tickets are often left asking questions and generally confused. Although the following blog entry is not legal advice or…
If a conviction for a felony in New York was not bad enough, New York Penal Law section 80.00 sets forth the potential fines that could accompany a felony plea or a felony conviction. Pursuant to New York Penal Law 80.00(1), a court can fine a defendant the greater of…
One of the most common weapon crimes prosecuted in New York City is the misdemeanor offense of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree. This crime, New York Penal Law 265.01(1), sets forth and establishes certain objects that are automatically considered weapons regardless of whether or not you…
Sometimes prosecutors can be all “bark” and no “bite.” In the case of two clients charged with Burglary in the Second Degree (New York Penal Law 140.25), this was precisely the situation. Prosecutors claimed that our clients committed the crime of Burglary in the Second Degree after they allegedly went…
Rapper and singer Chris Brown, equally known for his crooning as he is for his felony assault plea for punching Rihanna, allegedly freaked out and smashed a window at Good Morning America’s Time Square studio in Manhattan. According to at least one report, Brown is alleged to have flipped out…
While Assault, Burglary, Robbery and Weapon Possession are the more common violent crimes prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and other offices in the New York City region, crimes relating to strangulation are also “on the books.” In fact, pursuant to Article 121 of the New York…
The New York criminal lawyers and former Manhattan prosecutors at Saland Law PC have extensive experience prosecuting and defending those charged with or arrested for Assault in New York. This experience on both sides of the law has assisted us in successfully defending teachers, doctors and other professionals charged with…
Do I need a New York criminal lawyer? I found a credit card in Manhattan and used that credit card to buy a pair of jeans at Macys for $175. I took my friend’s credit card and purchased $600 worth of makeup and other accessories in a Brooklyn store without…
In what appears to be a tragic case, Brooklyn prosecutors have alleged that a young high school girl and member of the ROTC, Zhanna Smsarian, attacked a fellow classmate, Albina Eshimbaeva, with diluted acid. It is alleged that Ms. Smsarian poured the solution over a 15 year old girl’s head…
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. is in an unenviable predicament. One one hand he has Oscar Fuller, a man with a criminal record who is not a particularly sympathetic fellow, and in the other, Lana Rosas, a petite woman potentially on the edge of death or a vegetative life.…