White Plains, NY
Federal crime Lawyer at White Plains, NY
Practice Areas: Federal Crime, Criminal Defense ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Habeas petition granted, client released from prison after 11 years' imprisonment.
federal habeas corpus petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel.
OUTCOME: Reversed.
Judgment convicting the defendant of reckless assault reversed based on violations of the defendant's Sixth Amendment Right to Confrontation and the trial court's erroneous instruction to the jury to a ... ccept the the "explanation" of the police.
OUTCOME: Reversed.
Sex Offender Registration Level reduced on appeal.
OUTCOME: reversed
Client's murder conviction reversed and a new trial ordered. The trial court's admission of statements as dying declarations deprived the defendant of a fair trial.
OUTCOME: judgment reversed
The Appellate Division had rendered a decision finding that no warrant was required for the police to attach a GPS device to a man's car to watch his movements 24/7. As Amicus Curiae Chair of a bar ass ... ociation, Mr. Willstatter recruited authors to brief this issue in the New York State Court of Appeals. We argued that the New York State Constitution requires a police officer to seek a warrant from a judge before conducting such intrusive surveillance. In the most important search and seizure decision in years, Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman wrote a decision for the majority of the Court that is well worth reading and is available on the Court's website, http://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/decisions/2009/may09/53opn09.pdf.