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Attorney employs technical defense to win Acquittal in Criminal Possession of a Weapon Case. Matthew Galluzzo, of The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo and the newyorkcriminaldefenseblawg.com recently won an jury acquittal in Manhattan for the firm’s client who had been charged with possessing a switchblade knife. The facts of the case were relatively straightforward. One…

As fully reported in our blog — click here for the link — Matt Galluzzo successfully tried and won an acquittal for a client charged with felony weapons possession in New York Supreme Court. Galluzzo argued that the “gravity knife” at issue did not meet the statutory definition. The jury agreed and acquitted our client.

Noteworthy developments in New York DWI News for the week of May 27, 2010-June 3, 2010 If you have been arrested for or charged with DWI in New York City or the surrounding counties, you should contact experienced DWI counsel.

Many recent arrestees facing criminal charges are confused about how the court system will ultimately resolve their cases, or, put differently, what will happen to them. They may also have serious questions about how much time it will take and other general questions concerning the overall process. Generally speaking, a misdemeanor case can take anywhere…

According to the New York Post article, former New York Giants star Mark Ingram recently pleaded guilty to a federal bail jumping charge in Central Islip, NY. Under New York State law, bail jumping is the Penal Law charge designed to punish those who abscond while free on bail pending criminal charges. There are three…

Yesterday the Appellate Division, First Department decided In re: Tatiana N., N.Y.L.J. (1st Dep’t April 8, 2010). The facts of the case were somewhat interesting: “This juvenile delinquency proceeding arose from events that occurred at a movie theater on East 161st Street in the Bronx, in which a family was subjected to a moviegoer’s worst…

Matt Galluzzo of The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo and the New York Criminal Defense Blawg was recently interviewed for a blog post on the Public Service Law net blog. You can read it here. Matt touches on his time at the New York County District Attorney’s office, the differences between being a prosecutor and…

This post will provide the basics on the oft-cited provisions of the New York City Administrative Code dealing with the possession of open containers of alcohol on the streets of New York City. Simply put, it is illegal to possess open containers of alcohol in public places in New York City. Found in the “Public…

The topic of this post is New York Gang Assault Offenses, the crime defined in Article 120 of the New York Penal Law. Gang Assault can be described as a simple assault plus the “aided” element borrowed from the robbery statutes. There are two degrees of Gang Assault. The text of the base, or second-degree,…

On Tuesday, February 16, the Appellate Division, First Department, reversed the 2008 conviction of Freddy Rodriguez. Rodriguez had been convicted in Bronx County Supreme Court of manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, and two counts each of assault in the second degree, vehicular assault in the second degree, and DWI. The full text of the decision is available…