Matthew Galluzzo talks criminal defense in an interview with Laws.com. Check out the the online interview..
Continue reading ›Generally speaking, an offer of an Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal (“ACD”) to resolve criminal charges is usually an attractive plea bargain offer to a criminal defendant. After all, pursuant to New York CPL 160.50, individuals receiving ACD’s usually have their cases dismissed and sealed and deemed nullities after six months (or one year in…
Continue reading ›Criminal defendants in New York fortunate enough to win acquittals or have the charges against them dismissed often face an additional unanticipated but thorny problem: their internet reputations have been destroyed. A number of websites such as the New York Post, the Villager, Downtown Express, and others maintain “police blotters” columns, in which they post…
Continue reading ›Federal law makes it a serious crime for certain prohibited persons to possess or sell firearms. Under federal law, one can also expect to receive a very serious sentence for possessing certain types of illegal firearms or using a firearm in furtherance of some other crime, such as robbery or drug trafficking. Below is a…
Continue reading ›The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo recently won an appeal of a felony rape conviction for their client in the Appellate Division, Third Department. Our client, while represented by a different law firm, pleaded guilty to a rape charge. However, before he was sentenced, the client retained The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo to take…
Continue reading ›Yesterday, a client of the firm charged with Assault in the Second Degree, a class D violent felony, had all charges against him dismissed. The client – who had been indicted by a grand jury and was potentially facing up to seven years in state prison – will have no criminal record as a result…
Continue reading ›The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo recently secured a total dismissal of all charges against our client in Manhattan. The client, a foreign investor with a U.S. visa, was charged with multiple felonies for allegedly raping and sexually assaulting a woman in his hotel room. Obviously, he was facing significant state prison time if convicted.…
Continue reading ›South African paralympic and Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, famous for having been the first competitor in the history of the Olympics to compete in the sprint events with the use of prosthetic legs, has been arrested by South African authorities in connection with the shooting of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp. The case has already…
Continue reading ›We are pleased to announce the lanuch of our new website and blog!
Continue reading ›Arrested for Possessing a Small Amount of Marijuana While the issuance of criminal court desk appearance tickets may have gone down in light of a re-energized debate as to the wisdom of continued illegality of marijuana, the number of NYC marijuana summonses or pink summonses issued appears to have increased. This occurrence probably has as…
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