The crime of assault involves actually striking somebody and causing some physical injury. The lowest degree of an assault charge, assault in the 3rd degree, is an ‘A misdemeanor’ and it involves striking someone in some way that causes physical injury. Therefore, you cannot be charged with an assault if there is no actual physical
Criminal defense attorney Ira Weissman discusses what you need to know about bail… Bail is something a judge sets to assure that the person’s going to return to court. So it would involve somebody who’s being arraigned and a judge having an opinion based upon all the facts that are presented at an arraignment which
Criminal defense attorney Glenn Obedin discusses Federal law and defending people accused of Federal crimes…
Suffolk County criminal defense attorney Eric Naiburg discusses what you should do right after you’ve been arrested. To contact the Law Office of Naiburg, Obedin, and Weissman call (631) 979-7777.
Crimes in New York are defined by what the punishment can be. So that crimes that are punishable by less than 1 year in jail are misdemeanors, and those crimes that are punishable by more than 1 year in jail are felonies. There are varying degrees of both misdemeanors and felonies. For misdemeanors there are
Here is an interesting Driving While Intoxicated case… While there is no question that Driving While Intoxicated in Suffolk and Nassau counties is a significant safety issue which law enforcement needs to deal with, what I have seen at times is an over-aggressiveness and lack of judgment leading to unnecessary arrests. A perfect example of
Can You Get Arrested for a Traffic Violation? Traffic violations, generally speaking, are not arrestable offenses. However, there are some traffic offenses that are criminal, and those you can be arrested for. For example, you can be arrested for reckless driving because it is a crime even though the crime is found in the Vehicle
Hi, I’m Eric Naiburg and I am a criminal defense attorney and I have been practicing criminal law for forty three years. Over those years I have tried hundreds and hundreds of cases, everything from burglaries to drug possession to sale of drugs to sexual violation and to homicide. Over the years I have tried
People commonly think that when you are arrested the process is that the police make an arrest locally, it goes to a local precinct, you call an attorney, you contact the precinct, you tell them don’t speak to my client, that’s the end of the story and now you’re not concerned, because your son, your
Hi, my name is Eric Naiburg and I have been practicing criminal law for forty two years. I consider myself not only a criminal attorney but a criminal trial attorney, and there is a difference. Many, many attorneys hold themselves out as criminal defense attorneys and they are. But generally what they do is they