Hate crimes, unfortunately, have become a serious societal problem. Although we think we live in an enlightened age there are still those who commit crimes where part of their motivations are personal characteristics of the victim. Hate crimes are serious violations of the law against individuals or property based upon the perverted belief or perception
When an individual is arrested, whether it is a relatively minor charge or serious charge, the person is faced immediately with two very important issues to consider. The first one is determining how to get released from custody as soon as possible. The other critical issue that needs to be considered, for both the short
Once you find out that you child has done something wrong that may be criminal, or you’ve been contacted by a police officer or detective…you should call a criminal defense attorney. You do not want to talk to the police yourself you don’t know whether you might say something that might inadvertently incriminate your child.
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