Defending Your Rights In
New York For Over 25 Years
According to official statistics, about 3,000 road users die each year in New York and around the country in motor vehicle accidents caused by distracted drivers. That is approximately 8% of all road deaths in the United States. Many experts believe the true...
Authorities in New York may use the results of field sobriety tests as justification for taking drivers into custody for drunk or impaired driving. However, you will have an opportunity to challenge those results as part of your defense against a DUI charge. Equipment...
Penalties for heroin possession, sale, and trafficking are severe in the state of New York. This is due to the increased activity that has recently been noted. Both possession and sale of heroin remain a felony, as is trafficking in this type of controlled substance....
Nobody expects to be pulled over and arrested for a DUI in New York. It’s important to know that it could help your case if the police make mistakes when doing so. These are very common. Making a stop without probable cause Police officers always need reasonable...
Convictions for driving under the influence are not the only legal matters that can result in a loss of driving privileges in New York. Juveniles are especially vulnerable to losing driving licenses due to low-level issues such as truancy and delinquency, not to...
People who are convicted of crimes in New York might face multiple penalties, including jail or prison sentences, fines, probation, community service, and others. Another consequence of a misdemeanor or felony conviction in the state is having your DNA sample...
It may seem unusual, but people in New York and around the country sometimes make false confessions to crimes they didn’t commit. There are a variety of reasons why this may happen. A false confession happens when a criminal offense has been tacked onto someone who...
In the not so distant past, drug laws were designed solely to punish offenders who had broken the law. The laws ignored the fact that addiction was driving the actions of most offenders. The result was jails and prisons packed with low-level, non-violent convicts. Few...
