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Dec 8, 2025
NY appeals court overturns gun conviction over illegal search
A state appeals court has reversed a conviction for second-degree attempted criminal possession of a weapon because of an illegal search.
Sep 10, 2025
Split NY appeals court upholds weapon conviction
An appeals court affirmed a weapon conviction and rejected the defendant’s argument that he should have been permitted to represent himself.
Aug 6, 2025
Court upholds conviction in Erie County gun case
The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court, Fourth Department, has affirmed a weapon conviction, rejecting the defendant’s claim that the physical evidence in the case should have been suppressed.
Case Digests
- Second Circuit – Fossil-fuel powered appliances: Assoc. of Contracting Plumbers v. CNY; Mulhem Gas Co., v. Mosley
- Fourth Department – Dismissal of the indictment: People v. Anderson
- Fourth Department – Municipal liability: Battey v. Village of Youngstown
- Fourth Department – Notice of claim: Cindy W. v. Waterloo Central School Dist.
- Court of Appeals – Hateful Conduct Law: Volokh, et al. v. James
- Second Circuit – Free Exercise: Miller v. McDonald
- Court of Appeals – Recording police activity: Reyes v. City of New York
- Second Circuit – Tax liens and levies: Besicorp v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- Fourth Department -Tax assessment: Syracuse University v. City of Syracuse
- Fourth Department – Burglary plea: People v. Small
- Court of Appeals – Ineffective assistance of counsel: People v. Fernandez
Law News
- Split NY appeals court affirms kidnapping conviction
- Greece man accused of stealing from class-action settlement funds
- NY AG investigating Schuyler County death involving DOCCS officer
- Rochester man files suit over ‘warning notice’ from ICE
- Lawsuit dismissed in Rochester police chase car crash
- NY appeals court reinstates criminal charges
- Cybersecurity requires strategy, culture and vigilance, local experts advise
- Gun conviction reversed over illegal search
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