What are my options if I have an Assault 3 charge?

If the bakery employee did not suffer physical injury as defined by the Penal Law, your attorney can get the charge reduced to attempted assault. ...

It sounds as if the DA was referring to Penal Law section 70.40 which provides a defendant serving a sentence longer than 90 days is entitled to...

What can I do legally in terms of self defense if an extortion threat is made?

Generally in New York deadly force is only justified to combat an imminent threat of death or serious physical injury while physical force...

Waiting for Disorderly Conduct to be sealed... does that include arrest? Also, if I move to another state, does sealing carryo

Sealing simply means that to view your disorderly conduct violation conviction the person seeking to view it would have to obtain an unsealing...

221.05 charge for 16 year old

Your son will most likely be eligible for a marijuana ACD (Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal). If the court does grant the ACD, the case...

Does no sex mean no intimate contact whatsoever? This sounds like a very bad idea as a 22 year old is an adult while a 14 year old is a child. ...

Can you be convicted of shoplifting if you were searched and no merchandise was found? The claim was that petit larcenies

At your arraignment on the Desk Appearance Ticket you and your attorney will likely learn from the prosecutor what the prosecutor claims happened. ...

Can you win a civil forfeiture case when money was left to you & you really don't have proof of it being left to you??

What is the alleged connection between the money seized and criminal activity? Is the money alleged to be fruits of a crime or proceeds of a...

With all due respect, I think you are obsessing about a problem which is not a real problem. My advice is not to worry about this. The...

My 16-year-old son has been sexually active (but not had intercourse) with his almost-15-year-old girlfriend.

The age of consent in New York is 17 so neither your son nor GF is capable of consent under the New York Penal Law. Your son is not criminally...