The Fourth Department, remitting the matter to Family Court, determined the judge’s failure to make findings of fact in this custody case precluded appellate review: The court, in the order on appeal, however, failed to make any factual findings whatsoever to support the award of primary physical custody. It is “well established that the court […]
The Fourth Department, reversing defendant’s conviction, determined defendant did not receive effective assistance counsel in that counsel did not investigate the robbery victim’s statement which indicated defendant was not one of the perpetrators: … [T]he second victim’s hearing testimony that defendant was not present during the shooting is consistent with his initial statement to law […]
The Fourth Department, reversing (modifying) Family Court determined (1) the judge should not have left it to the agency to decide whether father should receive visitation, and (2) father’s participation in therapeutic counseling should not have been made a prerequisite to unsupervised overnight weekend visitation: … [T]he court erred in failing to set an appropriate […]
The Fourth Department, reversing defendant’s conviction of an aggravated family offense by guilty plea, determined the judge should have inquired further when defendant stated he did not intend to violate the order of protection when he sent a letter to the protected person. A defective allocution will be considered on appeal in the absence of […]
The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Garcia, determined the defendant should not have been handcuffed when the jury returned to announce the verdict: At that point the defendant is considered innocent and the defendant may be prejudiced if the jury is polled. Here defense counsel expressly objected to the handcuffs on […]
The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Garcia, reversing the appellate division, determined the failure to provide defendant with notice of a recorded phone conversation was improper. The Attorney General’s office was monitoring a wiretap in an unrelated case when defendant was overheard in a call originating from the county jail talking […]
The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Cannataro, determined the Department of Environment Conservation (DEC) can renew mining permits where mining is an undisputed prior nonconforming use. The “mining” at issue in this case is a sand and gravel mine on Long Island. Although mining was a permitted use when the mine […]
The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the motion to amend the complaint should not have been denied on the ground the proposed changes were not “redlined” (apparently referring to the failure to mark the proposed changes to make them more visible): The court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying plaintiff’s cross motion solely on […]
The First Department, reversing defendant’s convictions, determined the evidence defendant knew the codefendant was armed and shared the codefendant’s intent to cause serious injury was legally insufficient. Although the robbery second conviction was based on legally sufficient evidence, an unnoticed statement was allowed in evidence at trial, a reversible error: … [D]efendant is entitled to […]
The First Department, reversing defendant’s conviction and suppressing his postarrest statement, determined the People did not meet their “burden of coming forward” with proof of the legality of police conduct. The fact that some of the gaps in the proof might have been filled by the defendant’s testimony at the suppression hearing did not cure […]
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