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New York Court Considers Defendant’s Right to a Speedy Trial, Remanding His Case to a Lower Court

Recently, a New York court considered a defendant’s appeal that too much time had elapsed between his DWI charges and the date of the trial that resulted in his guilty verdict which was a violation of his statutory and constitutional speedy trial rights.  The defendant argued that his original guilty…

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New York Court Agrees with Defendant in Gun and Drug Possession Case, Vacating Guilty Verdict

In a recent New York case involving a defendant who was convicted of possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a weapon, the court reversed the original lower court’s guilty verdict. On appeal, the defendant argued that incriminating evidence found by police officers should have been suppressed since…

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ONLINE SPORTS BETTING JUST BECAME LEGAL IN NEW YORK – HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

New York criminal law has a large number of crimes related to illegal gambling on the books.  Beginning January 8, 2022,  the New York gaming commission gave their approval to four operators to start taking online bets from anywhere in the State including from a person’s own living room a…

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SUPPRESSORS, SOLVENT TRAPS AND THE NFA

As New York gun rights attorneys we are carefully monitoring an increasing regulatory environment of everything related to firearms and an increasing number of gun owners who are receiving letters from law enforcement.    Recently we were consulted by a person who received a letter from the Federal Bureau of…

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New York Court Denies Defendant’s Appeal in Drug Case

In a recent opinion from a New York court involving a New York drug possession charge, the defendant’s appeal was denied. The defendant made two arguments in hopes of fighting the original guilty verdict: 1) that the confidential informant who provided incriminating information against him was unreliable, and 2) that…

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New York Court Partially Sides with Defendant in Drug and Firearms Case

Recently, a New York court denied a defendant’s motion to suppress incriminating statements but granted his request for a new hearing in a drug and firearms case. The defendant had been indicted and tried for possession of firearms and controlled substances, but he appealed the verdict by saying that his…

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