GENESEO — Two former students at a western New York college have pleaded guilty in connection to the drug-related death of a fellow student last year. Twenty-one-year-old Michael Green of Brooklyn and 23-year-old Richard Rovner of Buffalo both pleaded guilty ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department – Guilty Plea – Underlying Facts People v. Darling KA 12–02108 Appealed from Chautauqua County Court Background: The defendant pleaded guilty to a drug felony, but contended on appeal that the plea was not knowing, voluntary ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department – Guilty Plea  – Mental Illness People v. Williams KA 13–00597 Appealed from Seneca County Court Background: The defendant pleaded guilty to aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate. On appeal, he argued that his ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit – Guilty Plea – Medications and Heart Condition   United States v. Adams 13-146-cr Judges Walker, Hall and Murtha   Background: The defendant appealed from a judgment following a plea of guilty convicting ...

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A 22-year-old man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a crime spree that ended with him being shot by a sheriff’s deputy in a Rochester suburb. Local media reported that Vincenzo Zagari of Ogden pleaded guilty Wednesday in a ...

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New York State Court of Appeals Guilty Plea Deportation — Retroactive Application of ‘Padilla’ People v. Baret No. 105 Judge Read Background: At issue on appeal is whether Padilla v. Kentucky applies retroactively in state court post-conviction proceedings The Supreme ...

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Franklin Lopez, 33, of Buffalo, has pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to stealing thousands of dollars from the city of Buffalo, a governmental agency receiving federal funding. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Guilty Plea Extraterritorial Application of Criminal Statute — Nexus with United States United States v. Yousef 12-4822 Judges Sack, Lynch and Lohier Background: The defendant appealed following his plea of guilty to ...

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Marvin Sevilla-Rosales, 20, pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree rape, predatory sexual assault and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with incident last summer. He admitted raping a young woman in June in the front yard of an apartment building on East ...

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Stephen Jackson, 56, a New York City attorney, has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $50,000 from client settlement funds. Jackson, according to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., admitting taking the money by making numerous ATM withdrawals from ...

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Christopher Hartwyk, 53, of Essex, N.J., former deputy general counsel at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, has pleaded guilty in New York County Criminal Court to second-degree offering a false instrument for filing. Hartwyk, according to ...

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Brandon Todd, 20, of Naples, has pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr., to making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a fine of ...

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