New York Criminal Law in the News – Thursday, October, 27, 2011

• Three likely Democratic Mayoral candidates boast they have been arrested for civil disobedience (New York Times)
• At his fourth trial a man was found guilty for a 1996 double homicide (New York Law Journal)
• One of the detectives in the Sean Bell shooting testified at his hearing (NY1)
• A Long Island man was arrested after he punched his infant after he wouldn't stop crying (Newsday)
• Some Staten Island residents who are frustrated with recent burglaries are preparing to arm themselves (Staten Island Advance)
• Auto body shop helps police capture hit and run suspect (Buffalo News)
• Upstate man shot in home invasion is recovering at the hospital (Democrat and Chronicle)
• Police made more arrests in the fatal shooting that cost a mother of 13 her life (New York Post)
• A 16-year-old was arrested and charged with burglarizing two homes (Syracuse)

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New York Criminal Law in the News – Tuesday, October, 25, 2011

• Officials believe that since 2008 up to 1.4 million prescription pads have been stolen (Newsday)
• Five active NYPD officers and three retired officers arrested for allegedly selling illegal guns (New York Post)
• Attorneys for Levi Aron claim police officers coerced him into confessing to killing the 8-year-old boy and that Aron is insane (New York Daily News)
• New York County DA will not dismiss the charges against the 300 wall street protestors (New York TImes)
• The Second Department ordered a new trial for a man accused of shooting a police officer after the trial judge made legal errors and had an "antagonistic attitude" toward the defense (New York Law Journal)
• Upstate lawyer bought the shotgun used to murder his family from a Yonkers gun store just six months ago (LoHud)
• The execution of a search warrant on a Staten Island home uncovered guns and ammunition (Staten Island Advance)
• Trial date set for man accused of vehicular manslaughter after driving drunk and running an 81-year-old man over (Syracuse)
• Candidates for Monroe County DA Office shared the stage at Monday night's debate (Democrat and Chronicle)

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New York Criminal Law in the News – Wednesday, October 26, 2011

• Appellate Division sets different evidenciary standards for proofs for threat levels for sex offenders (New York Law Journal)
• Occupy Wall Street protesters may refuse disorderly conduct pleas in order to clog court system (NY1)
• Manhattan judge sentenced man who beat, raped, and murdered his teenage girlfriend to 18 years to life (New York Daily News)
• Departmental trial of two police officers who shot and killed Sean Bell started on Monday, while two others offered resignation (New York Times)
• Lockport traffic stop resulted in two arrested for felony drug charges (Buffalo News)
• Cayuga County DA to do online Q & A Tuesday night (Auburnpub.com)
• Onondaga County judge to be reassigned for endangering welfare of a child case (Syracuse.com)
• Five NYPD officers among 12 arrested and charged in federal court for gun smuggling (LoHud.com)
• Hempstead man charged with hitting seven-month old son (Newsday)

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New York Criminal Law in the News – Monday, October 24, 2011

• Appellate Division orders new trial for man convicted of shooting a police officer due to judge's actions in initial trial denied the defendant of a fair trial (New York Law Journal)
• Staten Island corrections officer pleaded guilty to instigating fights among teenager inmates on Rikers Island (Staten Island Advance)
• Shootings up 28% last month in New York as compared to last year (New York Post)
• Rochester struggling to pay for police patrols in East End (Democrat and Chronicle)
• Saratoga Springs PBA will not endorse mayoral or public safety commissioner candidates (The Saratogian)
• East Syracuse man shot prankster who was making animal noises (Syracuse.com)
• Nesconset man charged with driving drunk on three tires with two-year old in car (Newsday)
• 46 arrested in Queens drug dealing ring that included dealing drugs out of a daycare center (New York Daily News)
• Husband and wife charged with burglarizing neighbor's apartment (Poughkeepsie Journal)
• NYPD seeking two suspects who shot three in Brownsville (NY1)

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New York Criminal Law in the News – Friday, October 21, 2011

• Judge to inspect property belonging to jailed man convicted of child pornography prior to returning it (New York Law Journal)
• Court of Appeals upheld judge's reduction of robbery charge from first to third degree because prosecutors failed to show the defendant had a weapon (Staten Island Advance) 
• Erie County allowed to keep $225,000 bond after defendant went on the run (Buffalo News)
• State Police found dead and starving dogs, and arrested home owner (Times Union)
• Ticket fix scandal police officer accused of receiving stolen property (New York Post)
• Police released 16 names and photos of men arrested for public lewdness and forcible touching even though records were supposed to be sealed on 11 of them (LoHud.com)
• Manhattan man suspected of multiple gropings cleared by NYPD (New York Daily News)
• Ray Kelly resisting demands to release daily schedule (New York Times)
• Westchester man who killed family and committed suicide was a prosecutor for Suffolk County (Newsday)
• NYCLU claims 15% of taser use is inappropriate (NY1)

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