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The question of whether to file a police misconduct case in Federal or State Court requires a balance of different factors and the applicable rules…

Carpenter v. United States is one of many cases involving the privacy of your cell phone data. In this case, police were able to obtain…

Witness tampering, coaching  and suggestive  photo arrays by police officers and detectives in New York has become a major problem and a contributing cause to…

The Westchester Criminal lawyers with offices in the White Plains and midtown New York City are all too familiar with incidents involving police officers using excessive force on…

This week two corrections officers at Rikers Island Correctional facility in New York City were criminally charged with orchestrating an attack on an inmate to…

A Brooklyn Court has recently granted a motion to suppress the identification of a teenage boy who…

New York City and Westchester federal criminal defense lawyers should be aware of a recent decision…

Under New York law, grand jury proceedings are secret and are controlled by the District Attorney whose presentation to the Grand Jury goes unchallenged. Being…

New York City’s council is considering passing a law which will require police who make stops of civilians during street encounters to identify themselves by…

The United State’s Attorney General issued a broad policy change this week concerning Immigration Customs Enforcement detainers on undocumented immigrants that are arrested for allegations…