Criminal Law

A SAMPLING OF “CRIMINAL LAW” ISSUES ADDRESSED IN THE NEW YORK APPELLATE DIGEST SEARCHABLE DATABASE

CRIMINAL LAW is a huge category in this database encompassing topics including (but not limited to):

Appeals (preservation of error, interest of justice jurisdiction, waiver of appeal, weight of the evidence review, legally sufficient proof, appellate procedure, harmless error, reversible error, mode of proceedings error, etc.);

Attorneys (ineffective assistance, prosecutorial misconduct, juror challenges, right to counsel, decisions to be made by defense counsel (not defendant), conflict of interest, etc.);

Constitutional Law (right to counsel, right to effective counsel, right to put on a defense, right to confront witnesses, right to represent oneself, right to due process, right to remain silent, excessive force, false arrest, false imprisonment, 42 USC 1983, etc.);

Criminal Procedure (notice requirements, pre-trial motions, pre-trial hearings, trial orders of dismissal, post-trial motions, jury selection, excessive judicial involvement, handling jury notes, etc.)

Evidence (suppression motions, suppression hearings and their standards and burdens of proof, street stops, traffic stops, DeBour, pre-trial identification, in-court identification, Molineux, Sandoval, trial orders of dismissal, evidentiary bases for jury instructions, hearsay generally, testimonial hearsay, bolstering, expert opinion, cross-racial identification, DNA, DWI, SORA hearing standards and burdens of proof, etc.);

Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) (risk-level determinations, standards and burdens of proof, modification petitions, etc.);

Mental Hygiene Law (post-incarceration commitment or monitoring of sex offenders, hearing proof standards and burdens, etc.);

Civil Commitment (not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect, etc.);

Disciplinary Hearings (Inmates) (hearing proof burdens and standards etc.);

Vehicle and Traffic Law (DWI, street stops, etc.).