Court Cases

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the defendant's explanation for his conduct. They believed that he tried to enter the premises with criminal intent, but the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction of criminal trespass in the second degree. This was because there was no evidence of an attempt to enter the premises. It was decided that the criminal trespass conviction was against the weight of the evidence. Since the defendant did not ask the court to look at his past criminal record and take it into consideration, there will be no appellate review of this case.
The second case was the People versus Hector Rodriguez. It was held at 862 The People of the State of New York. The prosecuting attorney was Michael Sobie, and the defending attorney was Peter Blum. It would be redundant to say that this case was also in appeal because all the cases I observed were in appeal because it was appellate court. On December 5, 1995 the defendant was convicted upon his pleas of guilty to robbery in the ...

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the court denied the defendants request. When the judge made this decision the defendant was very hostile with his council. This did not help his cause, by any means.
The fourth was the People versus Allen Callendar. It was held at 868 The People of the State of New York. The prosecutor was Annica Jin. The defending attorney was Steven Feinman. On November 18, 1997 judge James Yates convicted the defendant of criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, and unauthorized use of a vehicle in the second degree. The judge sentenced him as a second felony offender to concurrent terms of three to six years, ...

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