Harsh Mandatory Sentencing for Assault and Increases in New York Crime
Recently, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office indicted a person on 52 charges of assault, strangulation, and burglary as hate crimes. The victims were women targeted because of their light-skinned complexion. The district attorney’s office identified the defendant as Khari Covington. The incidents charged in the indictment occurred during seven instances over a six-month period in […]
Read MoreSearch and Seizure Update – New York Goes Its Own Way (Tyrone Gordon)
The last 50 years of criminal law have seen the unprecedented decline of protections under the search and seizure provision of the United States Constitution’s Fourth Amendment. In case after case, the U.S. Supreme Court has eroded your rights to be free from random search and seizure. One of the areas of search and seizure […]
Read MoreGestational Surrogacy
Brooklyn Child Custody Lawyer Explains Gestational Surrogacy in New York We’ve all seen the agonizing stories in the news about child surrogacy gone wrong. A couple, the “intended parents” hires a woman (a surrogate) to have a child for them, and then the intended parents and the surrogate get entangled in a prolonged battle over […]
Read MoreBrooklyn Theft Crimes – What To Do If You Are Facing Charges
Being charged with larceny is not something anyone ever expects. Larceny charges can stem from a number of acts involving the taking of property. In New York, larceny can occur by trespassers taking, by trick, embezzlement, false pretenses, acquiring lost property, issuing a bad check, false promises, or extortion. Stealing a cell phone or a […]
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