Criminal Contempt: People v. Nuffer 

By Daily Record Staff
Posted: 11:30 am Thu, February 18, 2010

Appellate Division, Fourth Department Criminal Contempt Mistake of Law Defense  People v. Nuffer KA 09-01775 Appealed from Lewis County Court Background: A defendant was convicted after jury trial of second-degree criminal contempt for violating a family court order of protection, which barred him from the victim’s home. He asserted a mistake of law defense, contending the location was not the victim’s ...