States are required under existing gun laws to maintain a registry of mentally ill people who are subject to background checks before they can purchase guns. According to the Associated Press, more than half of the states in this country are in violation of this Federal law. The deadline for complying with this law, which was enacted three years … [Read more...]
Heckling – A Felony in California?
On February 8, 2010, Israeli Embassador Michael Oren was to give a speech at the University of California in Irvine. The room was packed with more than five-hundred people. As Embassador Oren started to give his speech, on four separate occasions, individuals in the audience stood up and shouted. He was drowned out. He eventually walked off the … [Read more...]
Beating a Traffic Ticket
You can be found not guilty if you fight a traffic ticket. The key to handling traffic tickets is to be aware of the various ways these citations can be defeated. The purpose of this article is to assist you in winning when charged with a traffic offense. This will avoid points being placed on your license! The first thing you should be aware … [Read more...]
Designated Driver (but not his Friends) Held Liable for Damages
James May, Jr. Of Melville, New York and his friend, Michael Hoenig, had gone to the Nutty Irishman Bar in Farmingdale with their friend Michael Rahner. Michael was the designated driver for the group. During the course of the evening, James May, Jr. and Michael Hoenig brought their friend Michael Rahner a series of drinks. The boys were out … [Read more...]
With the Victim Not Cooperating Assault Trial Proceeds
In April of 2010, Louis Calixto, a woman was violently attacked in the East Village. He beat her so savagely the blows could be heard over the noise on the city street. The woman was beaten so severely that she refused to testify. She was afraid that her testimony would lead to another beating. Mr. Calixto's attorney brought an application to … [Read more...]
Ex-judge Fails to Have Red Light Cameras Deemed Unconstitutional
Samuel Levine is a practicing attorney in Nassau County. He had previously served for three years as a District Court Judge in Nassau County. He received a traffic ticket based on a red light camera taking a photograph of his license plate going through an intersection. He sued the county based on this traffic ticket. He claimed that the red … [Read more...]
The Great Escape
Jose Rodriguez was a wanted man. Police tracked him down to a hotel in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The New York City police, New Jersey police and members of a federal task force found Rodriguez in his hotel room. They had tracked him down by intercepting his cell phone calls. Overwhelmed by the police presence, Rodriguez surrendered. The police placed … [Read more...]
Sentencing of New Jersey Schoolyard Killer
It was a summer night in 2007. Lofemi Hightower and Dashon Harvey were in a schoolyard in Newark. Lofemi was twenty years old and Dashon was eighteen years old. There was another victim in this case who survived and testified at trial regarding the case. She was sexually assaulted, slashed with a machete and shot in the head. … [Read more...]
Roughed-up at the Welfare Office
Ayala works for the Human Resources Administration. He is a security officer. He is currently under investigation for physically assaulting individuals in two separate incidents during a three week period. William Broady went to the welfare office on September 22, 2010. He was applying for Medicaid. He waited for hours and hours and, in the … [Read more...]
Anti-Semitism and Tolerance
It was the 1990's in Billings, Montana. Tammy Schnitzer and her five-year-old son, Isaac, had placed a Menorah in Isaac's bedroom window. They were celebrating the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. Without warning, a large cinder block careened through their window. Glass was shattered throughout the room. The Menorah was destroyed! This is one of … [Read more...]
