New York Burglary Law
State of New York v. Donald Ziebenhood
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of Burglary in the First Degree, two counts of Burglary in the Second Degree, one count of Assault in the Second Degree, two counts of Aggravated Criminal Contempt, eight counts of Criminal Contempt in the First Degree, and one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree.<br> <br>... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - ny)<h1> United States of America v. Dimitriy Nezhinskiy, Joseph Nocella, Jr. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Large Scale Stolen Property Operation </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Diamond District Fence Pleads Guilty in Connection with Large Scale Stolen Property Operation</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></... More...
$0 (07-18-2025 - NY)State of New York v. Jayqwan Hamilton, Jacob Barroso, and Robert DeMaio
New York, New York criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with murder, robbery, and conspiracy.<br> <br> JAYQWAN HAMILTON, 37, ROBERT DEMAIO, 36, and JACOB BARROSO, 32, for a conspiracy to rob and drug people outside of LGBTQ+ nightclubs in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, which led to the deaths of John Umberger and Julio Ramirez. The defendants were found guilty on a... More...
$0 (02-10-2025 - NY)State of New York v. Eric Freeman
Riverhead, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary, rape, criminal sexual acts, etc.<br> <br> Beginning on June 22, 2021, Eric Freeman entered a Bay Shore residence where a 16-year-old female was inside alone. Freeman sexually assaulted the teen and threated to kill her when she screamed for help. Freeman then fled the residence.<br> <br> On June 25, 2021, ... More...
$0 (02-09-2024 - NY)The People of the State of New York v. Carl H. Dukes
Albany, New York defendant, Carl Duke, with murder.<br> <br> On Octoer 4, 1996, a group of men robbed Gregson Joseph and Camon Wyatt in the basement apartment of 23-year-old Erik Mitchell in Albany.<br> <br> On February 18, 1997, Mitchell's body was found in the entryway of the basement apartment with a single gunshot would to the head.<br> <br> Mitchell's father offered a $3,000 reward for inform... More...
$0 (01-05-1999 - NY)State of New York v. Antonio Carr
Lockport, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder.<br> <br> Antonio Carr, age 30, was accused of killing Tracy Green, age 57, at the victim's barber shop in Niagara Falls on Oct. 2, 2021. The defendant shot the victim with a small-caliber rifle. When those shots weren't fatal, he left, returned moments later with a 9 mm handgun, and shot him six mo... More...
$0 (05-17-2023 - NY)United States of America v. Kyler Booker
Brooklyn, New York criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to deal in firearms and making false statements to acquire firearms. <br> <br> Kyler Booker, age 44, from Little Rock, Arkansas, was a straw gun buyer who purchased at least 137 firearms from dealers in Arkansas between December 2019 and September 2021. Law enforcement has recovered at least 13 firearms illegal... More...
$0 (11-02-2022 - NY)Sate of New York v. Miya Ponsetto, a/k/a "SoHo Karen"
New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with committing a hate crime.<br> <br> Miya Ponsetto, a/k/a "SoHo Karen," was indicted for unlawfully imprisoning Keyon Harrold, Jr., age 14, after she accusing him of stealing her cell phone.<br> <br> Defendant Keyon and his father were all guests at the Arlo Soho hotel.<br> <br> It was later determined that she left her pho... More...
$0 (04-12-2022 - NY)United States of America v. James Workman
Albany, New York criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.<br> <P><br> <center><h1> <a href="https://impact.marchforourlives.com" target="_new">March For Our Lives</a></h1><br> </center><br> <br> James Workman, age 33, of Conquest, New York, was indicted for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition as a felon. <b... More...
$0 (02-15-2022 - NY)Lawrence Savoca v. United States of America
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> New York, New York - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, dismissing a second or successive petition for a writ of habeas corpus claim </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> In 2004, Lawrence Savoca was convicted after trial for various crim... More...
$0 (01-22-2022 - NY)United States of America v. James Capers
<center><h2><font color="red"> New York, New York - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICOâ€), conspiracy to distribute narcotics, and murder through the use of a firearm during a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> At trial, Capers explicitly... More...
$0 (12-31-2021 - NY)United States of America v. Lawrence Savoca
<center><h2><font color="red"> New York, New York - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiratorial and attempted Hobbs Act robbery; discharging a firearm during a crime of violence; and being a felon in possession of a <br> firearm charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Lawrence Savoca, an inmate incarcerated for a 2004 conviction for <br> 3 conspiratorial and attempted... More...
$0 (12-30-2021 - NY)State of New York v. Dylan Robinson
Cooperstown, New York second-degree murder charged criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Dylan Robinson, age 17, accused of shooting his father to death on October 10, 2019. Defendant was also charged with third-degree arson, third-degree robbery and first-degree burglary.<br> <br> The State charged that Defendant and others robbed Kenneth Robinson of about $5,000.00.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (06-24-2021 - NY)United States of America v. Austin Suarez
Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with aiding and abetting the theft of firearms.<br> <br> Austin Suarez, age 26, of Hudson, New York, was charged with aiding and abetting the theft of firearms from Zero Tolerance Manufacturing, a federally licensed firearms dealer in Ghent, New York.<br> <br> Suarez pled guilty on January 11, 2021. As part of his plea, Suare... More...
$0 (05-12-2021 - NY)United States of America v. Marcos D. Guzman
Rochester, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with theft of firearms from a Federal Firearms Licensee, possession of firearms by a convicted felon, and fraudulent representations about the receipt of military medals.<br> <br> Marcos D. Guzman, 36, of Rochester, NY, was charged with theft of firearms from a Federal Firearms Licensee, possession of firearms by a convicted... More...
$0 (10-12-2020 - NY)United States of America v. Dyshawn Fisher
Albany, NY - United States of America charged Dyshawn Fisher being a felon in possession of a firearm and drug distribution.<br> <br> Dyshawn Fisher, age 25, of Troy, New York, pled guilty to possessing and intending to distribute marijuana, possessing a firearm as a felon, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.<br> <br> The announcement was made by United States Atto... More...
$0 (02-22-2020 - NY)United States of America v. Taj Williams
Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of New<br> York (Wolford, J.) convicting defendant Taj Williams on charges of arson and<br> possession of unregistered Molotov cocktails after a jury trial. Because we find<br> that Williams’s arguments on appeal lack merit, we affirm the conviction and<br> sentence.<br> Affirmed.<br> <br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Defendant‐Appel... More...
$0 (12-02-2019 - NY)United States of America v. Ronald Evans
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/portal/getMediaData?mediaId=210343"><br> </center><br> <br> The Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B),<br> imposes a 15‐year mandatory minimum sentence if a defendant is convicted of<br> being a felon in possession of a firearm following three prior convictions for a<br> “violent felony.” This appe... More...
$0 (05-08-2019 - NY)United States of America v. Rodshaun Black, Daniel Rodriguez and Ernest Green
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/portal/getMediaData?mediaId=210343"><br> </center><br> The case before us treads on familiar ground—the fundamental<br> protections for criminal defendants that are enshrined in the Sixth Amendment<br> to the Constitution. Defendants‐Appellees Rodshaun Black, Daniel Rodriguez,<br> and Ernest Green (collectively, “Defendants‐App... More...
$0 (03-18-2019 - NY)United States of America v. Calvin Stephon Moore
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nynb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/albany_002.jpeg"><br> </center><br> <br> 22 Defendant‐Appellant Calvin Stephon Moore appeals his<br> 23 sentence following a guilty plea to three counts of federal bank<br> 24 robbery in the United States District Court for Northern District of<br> 25 New York (Thomas J. McAvoy, Judge). Moore received three<b... More...
$0 (02-26-2019 - NY)Orlando v. Nassau Cty. Dist. Atty’s Off
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg.png"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> On Friday night, December 3, 2004, at approximately 8:45 p.m., 18 <br> in re... More...
$0 (02-12-2019 - NY)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA –v.– WILLIAM THROWER
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg/300px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg.png"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> In 2005, William Thrower was convicted of possessing a firearm while <br> pr... More...
$0 (02-04-2019 - NY)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA –v.– BEKIM FISEKU, SEFEDIN JAJAGA
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg/300px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg.png"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> Fiseku and two other individuals were apprehended in the early hours of Se... More...
$0 (12-21-2018 - NY)United states of America v. Douglas Wood
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/BuffaloCH_fromSQ.jpg"><br> </center><br> Buffalo, NY - Jamestown Man Pleads Guilty To Being A Felon In Possession Of A Gun<br> <br> Douglas Wood, 38, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison an... More...
$0 (11-14-2018 - NY)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA –v.– BEKIM FISEKU, SEFEDIN JAJAGA
<center><br> <img width="300" src=" https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg/512px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg.png "><br> </center><br> Fiseku and two other individuals were apprehended in the early hours of September 20, 2014, in Bedford, New York, a... More...
$0 (10-08-2018 - NY)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. MANUEL PEREIRA-GOMEZ, AKA Manuel Jesus Pereira, AKA Manuel Pereiro, AKA Manny Pereira <table> <td>
In 1997, Pereira pleaded guilty in New York state court to attempted robbery in the second degree. He was subsequently deported from the United States on three occasions. After reentering the United States a fourth time, he was arrested for, inter alia, felony offenses of driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. On October 21, 2015, Pereira was indicted for... More...
$0 (09-09-2018 - NY)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. TYREK TOWNSEND <table> <td>
On November 21, 2015, New York Police Department officers saw the Defendant‐Appellant, Tyrek Townsend (“Townsend”), engage in what they believed to be suspicious, drug‐related activity. The officers arrested Townsend and, in the search incident to his arrest, recovered a loaded 9‐millimeter semiautomatic weapon. A late... More...
$0 (07-27-2018 - NY)United States of America v. Juan Castillo
The government appeals from an October 6, 2016 judgment of<br> the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York<br> (Gregory H. Woods, Judge) convicting defendant‐appellee Juan<br> Castillo, following his plea of guilty, of being a felon in possession of<br> a firearm and ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and<br> sentencing him principally to 19 months... More...
$0 (06-04-2018 - NY)United States of America v. Edward Smith
This case, in which oral argument was heard in September 2016<br> but which was held in abeyance pending decision first in United States<br> v. Jones, No. 15‐1518, __ F.3d __, slip op. (2d Cir. Oct. 5, 2017), then in<br> United States v. Morales, No. 14‐3661 (2d Cir. Jan. 22, 2018), presents the<br> following questions: (1) whether the evidence at trial was sufficient to<br> prove poss... More...
$0 (03-13-2018 - NY)THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK v EDGARDO E. DEVICTOR-LOPEZ <table> <td>
Defendant entered the apartment of his former girlfriend (hereinafter the victim), hit her, threatened her with a box cutter and refused to allow her to leave for several hours. As a result, he was convicted after trial of burglary in the first degree, menacing in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, unlawful imprisonment in the second<br> -2- 107379 <br> degree,... More...
$0 (12-03-2017 - NY)The People of the State of New York v Angel Martinez <table> <td>
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Zambelli, J.), rendered October 28, 2014, convicting him of attempted burglary in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.<br> defendant's contention that his plea was not knowing, voluntary, and intelligent survives his valid appeal waiver.<br> However, contrary to the defendant's contentio... More...
$0 (12-03-2017 - NY)The People of the State of New York v. Peter Austin
The issue presented by this appeal is whether<br> defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confrontation was violated<br> by the introduction of DNA evidence through the testimony of a<br> witness who had not performed, witnessed or supervised the<br> generation of the DNA profiles. We conclude that the<br> - 1 -<br> - 2 - No. 97<br> introduction of this hearsay evidence through surrogate testimony<br... More...
$0 (10-19-2017 - NY)United States of America v. Norman Hamlin
Syracuse, NY - Utica Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Firearm as a Convicted Felon<br> <br> The Beretta Pistol was Stolen in a Residential Burglary<br> <br> Norman Hamlin, 47, of Utica, New York, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge Ashan M. Benedict of the New York Field Office of the Bureau of Al... More...
$0 (04-13-2017 - NY)State of New York v. Andrew Houze
Albany, NY - Defendant Found Guilty On Burglary and Weapons Possession<br> <br> The State of New York with Andrew Houze burglary, drug possesion and possession of a weapon in conjunction with a January 2016 burglary of a home. The State claimed that Houze broke into a house. He had a stun gun and drugs when he was arrested. <br> <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (03-20-2017 - NY)<b><h3>THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK v IVAN RAMOS</b></h3>
Defendant was convicted following a jury trial of two counts of murder in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man and a woman inside a Montgomery County apartment (133 AD3d 904 [2015], lvs denied 26 NY3d 1143, 1149 [2016]). He was sentenced as a second felony offender to an aggregate term of life in prison without the... More...
$0 (08-30-2016 - NY)United States of America v. Jamal Smalls
New York, NY - Leading Member Of Bloods Sentenced To 55 Years For Murder, Shooting, And Narcotics Trafficking <br> <br> Jamal Smalls was sentenced today to 55 years in prison for the July 26, 2012, drug-related murder of Doneil White; leading a narcotics trafficking conspiracy that distributed powder cocaine, crack cocaine, and heroin in 2012 and 2013; and using and discharging firearms in connect... More...
$0 (08-24-2016 - NY)THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK v. JAMES E. LAWRENCE, Also Known as BLACK
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Lynch, J.), rendered May 24, 2013, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of burglary in the first degree (two counts), robbery in the first degree and robbery in the second degree (two counts).<br> In June 2012, defendant was charged in a five-count indictment with burglary in the first degree (two counts), robbery in the fir... More...
$0 (07-15-2016 - NY)THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK v. FRANCIS S. WATKINS
Appeal from judgment of the County Court of Washington County (McKeighan, J.), rendered March 14, 2013, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crimes of burglary in the second degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree.<br> Defendant pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with burglary in the second degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree. During the plea proceedings, ... More...
$0 (06-30-2016 - NY)THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK v . MALI WILKERSON, Also Known as NEW
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Giardino, J.), rendered May 17, 2013, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of robbery in the second degree, assault in the second degree, assault in the third degree and endangering the welfare of a child.<br> Defendant and the victim married in 2007 and have three children in common. On the evening of April 21, 2012, ... More...
$0 (06-13-2016 - NY)THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK v. JEREMY R. BOST
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Columbia County (Nichols, J.), rendered June 17, 2013, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of burglary in the first degree (four counts), robbery in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. Defendant, along with two codefendants, was charg... More...
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