People v. (xxxxxx)
Jun 13, 2014OUTCOME: All charges dismissed
Client arrested and charged by complaint with rape and strangulation. We made a detailed presentation to the Assistant District Attorney, resulting in further investigation.
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Richard W. Levitt's Legal Cases (32)
New York, NY
Criminal defense Lawyer at New York, NY
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Litigation
People v. xxxx
Apr 30, 2014OUTCOME: Case dismissed, record sealed
Clients charged with gang assault outside popular Chelsea bar. Litigated speedy trial motion
People v. xxxx
Apr 30, 2014OUTCOME: Case dismissed, record sealed
Clients charged with gang assault outside popular Chelsea bar. Litigated speedy trial motion
Lopez v. Miller
Apr 03, 2014OUTCOME: Newly elected Kings County District Attorney Kenneth Thompson voluntarily dismissed the appeal just days before oral argument, citing possibility that Mr. Lopez in fact was innocent.
State appealed to the Second Circuit EDNY Judge Garaufis' grant of habeas corpus to inmate wrongly imprisoned for 22 years for a murder he likely did not commit.
United States v. Morrison
Nov 06, 2013OUTCOME: Motion for new trial granted by Hon. Denis R. Hurley, EDNY. Decision viewable at: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwN13pDp6hT2d2VURUN3MkR1WjA/edit?usp=sharing
Government learned after trial that juror had been offered a bribe. Defendant moved for new trial under Remmer v. United States and McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood.
People v. Canales
Oct 02, 2013OUTCOME: Appeal granted. Conviction reversed
Appeal from partial denial of NYS Art. 440 motion arguing that defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel with respect to his conviction for criminal possession of a weapon in the second degr ... ee. See https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwN13pDp6hT2Vm9IYXlIbXdkNGs/edit?usp=sharing
People v. [client]
Apr 18, 2013OUTCOME: Case dismissed, record sealed
April 18 -- After our client's innocence proffer in a large Internet gambling case brought under New York's OCCA law (similar to RICO) and a further good faith investigation by the prosecutor and his d ... etectives, the Queens District Attorney's Office announced in open court that it was withdrawing all charges against our client. Case dismissed. Record sealed.
U.S. v. Benowitz et al.
Feb 22, 2013OUTCOME: Motion to change venue granted
Fraud prosecution brought in the Southern District of Florida. Critical threshold issue was whether case could be transferred to the Eastern District of New York, which government strategically oppose ... d
Lopez v. Miller
Jan 16, 2013OUTCOME: Petition Granted. Court orders that Petitioner be released if not retried within 60 days
Habeas Corpus Petition brought on behalf of inmate who served 22 years for murder.
U.S. v. Muhlstock
Mar 08, 2012OUTCOME: Rule 29 Motion to Dismiss Granted
Judge Pisano (D.N.J.) today granted the defendants' Rule 29 motion to dismiss in U.S. v. Muhlstock, agreeing that the proof prejudicially varied from the indictment and that the government failed to pr ... ove that the charged wires were connected to the indicted scheme. We were pleased to have assisted Ed Sapone in the preparation of the Rule 29 papers. Ed brilliantly tried the case to a hung jury prior to the court's decision dismissing the indictment.