Duane Moore v. County of Suffolk

Mar 30, 2012

OUTCOME: Still pending.

Plaintiff Duane Moore ("plaintiff") commenced this action on May 13, 2009 against defendants County of Suffolk ("County"), Town of Southampton ("Town"), Mark Epley in his official capacity as Mayor of ... the Village of Southampton ("Epley"), and William Wilson, Jr. in his official capacity as Chief of Police of the Southampton Village Police Department ("Wilson") (collectively "defendants") seeking to declare Article I, Chapter §428 of the Suffolk County Local Law ("County Law" or "County Law §428" or "§428") and Article 1, §§215-1 through 215-5 of the Code of the Town of Southampton ("Town Law" or "Town Law §215" or "§215") unconstitutional and to enjoin defendants from enforcing them. County Law §428 and Town Law §215 prohibit sex offenders from living within certain distances of places such as schools, playgrounds, or day-care centers. Specifically, plaintiff alleges that the County and Town Laws violate the Ex Post Facto Clause and the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the 14th Amendment. Plaintiff further argues that New York State law preempts these local laws. Plaintiff seeks compensatory, declaratory, and injunctive relief against defendants.

People of the State of New York vs. Martin Tankleff

Dec 27, 2007

OUTCOME: Conviction reversed and indictments dismissed.

Barket is also known for obtaining uncanny results when taking on cases of those previously convicted, including Martin Tankleff, who was convicted and jailed for 17 years for the murder of his parents ... on Long Island. www.martytannkleff.org

People v. Amy Fischer

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OUTCOME:

People of the State of New York v. Amy Fisher

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OUTCOME: Sentence Reduction

Client was released from prison after Mr. Barket obtained a sentence reduction.

People of the State of New York v. Nicholas Morris

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OUTCOME: Murder charges dismissed

Mr. Barket convinced a Bronx judge to declare a mistrial in the Easter 2006 shooting death of a 2-year-old boy. Mr. Barket maintained that he had evidence that another man killed the child, who was in ... the back seat of his family's minivan on the way to church when a stray bullet - fired in an argument between two groups of men - pierced the door. Mr Barket cited to evidence that there was no DNA match on certain key evidence and he convinced the prosecutors to go along with a mistrial in the middle of the proceedings. After getting the prosecutors to reopen their investigation, Mr. Barket obtained the District Attorney's consent to dismiss the Murder charges against his client