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The New York court system processes felony cases for high-profile individuals through the same formal criminal procedures as any defendant, with outcomes driven by procedural safeguards rather than special treatment for fame.
If an appellate court affirms a money judgment, the automatic stay created by a properly filed ends and the judgment creditor can resume collection by making a claim on the appeal bond and executing a...
enforces through a toolbox of statutory devices—executions, levies, liens and, in narrow cases, seizure and sale of property—administered by sheriffs and enforcement officers under CPLR Article 52 and...
Prosecutors deciding whether political speech becomes a to impede federal officers look for three legal hallmarks: an agreement among two or more people to obstruct official duties, proof of intent an...
New York law provides several formal pathways to challenge and potentially overturn a state felony conviction: a direct appeal to an intermediate appellate court, post‑conviction motions (most commonl...
An unconditional discharge in New York is a court sentence that releases a defendant from punishment without imprisonment, fines or probation and is treated as a final judgment of conviction . That di...
New York courts treat competing forensic pathologist testimony as expert evidence subject to gatekeeping, adversarial testing, and jury weighting rather than as dispositive truth; judges admit or excl...
New York appellate courts have repeatedly upheld falsifying business records convictions while interpreting the statute broadly on intent and permitting convictions even when jurors are not unanimous ...