Legal Research

Criminal Law News from New York: April 25-27, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: LexisNexis, Search run April 27, 2009.

1. The New York Times, April 27, 2009 Monday, Late Edition - Final, Section A; Column 0; Editorial Desk; OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR; Pg. 23, 653 words, What Happened to the Ban on Assault Weapons?, By JIMMY CARTER. Jimmy Carter, the 39th president, is the winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize., Atlanta
... Instead, the N.R.A. is defending criminals' access to assault weapons and ...
... reluctantly accepted current law restricting sales by ...
... it claims that only ''law-abiding people'' obey such ...

2. Newsday (New York), April 27, 2009 Monday, ALL EDITIONS, OPINION; Pg. A26, 633 words, LETTERS, Kevin Keane; Sean P. Dolan; Gilbert Anderson
... child sexual abuse crimes because of the one-year window ...
... New York State law treats the victims of abuse ...
... suit that other victims have. The law requires them instead to file ...

3. The Associated Press State & Local Wire, April 26, 2009 Sunday 7:30 PM GMT, , STATE AND REGIONAL, 644 words, NY court to weigh legality of youth curfew, By MICHAEL VIRTANEN, Associated Press Writer, ALBANY N.Y.
... Reports also show that most crime is committed by those 18 to ...
... family court and loitering laws conflict with the city ordinance. The anti-loitering law requires criminal purpose to ...
... ADOLESCENTS (89%); JUVENILE CRIME (89%); CITY GOVERNMENT ( ...
... CHILDREN (89%); VIOLENT CRIME (89%); JUVENILE JUSTICE (89%); LAW COURTS & TRIBUNALS (89%); CITIES (89%); FAMILY LAW (78%); SUPREME COURTS ( ...

4. Daily News (New York), April 26, 2009 Sunday, SPORTS FINAL EDITION, NEWS; Pg. 14, 574 words, Early enemy of crime. Even as a girl, Crocker Snyder was determined to get bad guys, BY JOANNA MOLLOY
... I always loved criminal law,quot; the pretty-at- ...
... said in her private law offices perched like ...
... MURDER (90%); ORGANIZED CRIME (90%); SEXUAL ASSAULT ( ...
... 90%); HOMICIDE (89%); CRIMINAL OFFENSES (89%); CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES CRIME (78%); LAWYERS (78%); ...
... 78%); FAMILY (78%); LAW ENFORCEMENT (78%); MISDEMEANORS (77%); CRIMINAL LAW (75%); LEGAL SERVICES (73%); LAW SCHOOLS (73%); HEROIN ( ..
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5. Daily News (New York), April 26, 2009 Sunday, SPORTS FINAL EDITION, SPORTS; I TEAM SPECIAL INVESTIGATION; Pg. 66, 964 words, SCAM ON ICE. SUIT SAYS 'ADVISER' BILKED NHLERS, BY TERI THOMPSON & MICHAEL OKEEFFE
... 90%); FRAUD & FINANCIAL CRIME (90%); FINANCIAL PLANNING ( ...
... NEGLIGENCE (77%); SECURITIES LAW (76%); MISCONDUCT (76%); TESTIMONY (75%); LAW ENFORCEMENT (75%); JUDGES (72%); LAW COURTS & TRIBUNALS (72%); ...

6. Daily News (New York), April 26, 2009 Sunday, METRO EDITION, SPORTS; Pg. 63, 963 words, SUIT: 'ADVISER' BILKED NHL-ERS, BY TERI THOMPSON and MICHAEL O'KEEFFE DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS
... 90%); FRAUD & FINANCIAL CRIME (90%); FINANCIAL PLANNING ( ...
... NEGLIGENCE (77%); SECURITIES LAW (76%); MISCONDUCT (76%); TESTIMONY (75%); LAW ENFORCEMENT (75%); JUDGES (72%); LAW COURTS & TRIBUNALS (72%); ...

7. The New York Times, April 26, 2009 Sunday, Late Edition - Final, Section ST; Column 0; Style Desk; Pg. 10, 214 words, Terri Rosenblatt, Evan Lipton
... Manhattan, where she is involved in criminal defense and civil rights ...
... graduated from Smith and Brooklyn Law School. She is the daughter of Susan ...
... Care Group, a law and consulting firm in ...

8. Buffalo News (New York), April 25, 2009 Saturday, FINAL EDITION, NEWS; Pg. A1, 942 words, Officer's persistence solved kidnapping; Missing 8-year-old from Jamestown returned to mother at Mexican border, By Dan Herbeck - NEWS STAFF REPORTER
... 92%); CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES CRIME (90%); NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT ( ...
... 89%); ARRESTS (89%); LAW ENFORCEMENT (89%); INVESTIGATIONS ( ...
... INTERVIEWS (70%); FAMILY LAW (68%); BAIL (68%)

9. The New York Times, April 25, 2009 Saturday, Late Edition - Final, Section A; Column 0; Foreign Desk; Pg. 6, 820 words, Americans Are Accused of Posing as Contractors to Steal $40 Million in Fuel in Iraq, By JAMES GLANZ; Margot Williams contributed reporting.
... 77%); FRAUD & FINANCIAL CRIME (77%); CONSPIRACY (76%); PROPERTY CRIMES (76%); CRIMINAL OFFENSES (76%); GRAND JURY (76%); LAW COURTS & TRIBUNALS (76%); INTERNATIONAL LAW (75%); PURCHASING & PROCUREMENT ( ...

10. The New York Times, April 25, 2009 Saturday, Late Edition - Final, Section A; Column 0; Metropolitan Desk; Pg. 17, 631 words, Iron Pipe Maker Is Fined $8 Million for Violations, By DAVID BARSTOW, TRENTON
... ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENTS (78%); CRIMINAL FINES (78%); SPECIAL ...
... SAFETY AGENCIES (78%); LAW ENFORCEMENT (78%); JURY ...
... 76%); VERDICTS (74%); LAW COURTS & TRIBUNALS (74%); ...

11. The New York Times, April 25, 2009 Saturday, Late Edition - Final, Section A; Column 0; National Desk; Pg. 9, 855 words, Prosecution in Asbestos Poisoning of Montana Town Is Forced to Go on Defense, By KIRK JOHNSON
... Ries, who teaches criminal law and has been overseeing a daily ...
... university's journalism department and its law school. ''When a judge ...

12. The New York Times, April 25, 2009 Saturday, Late Edition - Final, Section B; Column 0; Business/Financial Desk; BUSINESS BRIEFING COMPANY NEWS; Pg. 2, 213 words, Former Fed Worker and Brother Charged With Fraud, By BLOOMBERG NEWS
FRAUD & FINANCIAL CRIME (91%); JUSTICE DEPARTMENTS ( ...
... INVESTIGATIVE FORCES (78%); LAW ENFORCEMENT (78%); MAGISTRATES (78%); LAWYERS (77%); LAW COURTS & TRIBUNALS (77%); ...

13. Newsday (New York), April 25, 2009 Saturday, ALL EDITIONS, NEWS; Pg. A09, 466 words, Prison for sex abuse; Former Ronkonkoma karate instructor sentenced to 6 to 18 years after admitting he abused 12 boys at his school and at home, BY ZACHARY R. DOWDY
... DECISIONS & RULINGS (76%); CRIMINAL OFFENSES (76%); SETTLEMENTS & DECISIONS (76%); LAW ENFORCEMENT (76%); LITIGATION ( ...
... 73%); ARRESTS (72%); LAW COURTS & TRIBUNALS (70%); ...

14. Staten Island Advance (New York), April 25, 2009 Saturday, CRIME; Pg. A04, 240 words, 2 charged with smuggling drugs into prison
... JAIL SENTENCING (90%); CRIMINAL OFFENSES (90%); CONSPIRACY ( ...
... 78%); MISDEMEANORS (78%); LAW COURTS & TRIBUNALS (76%); ...
... STOLEN PROPERTY (70%); LAW ENFORCEMENT (67%)

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on April 27, 2009 (boomark / email).