

New York Criminal Defense & Protective Orders
In People v. Harvey, 2020 N.Y. Slip Op 20022 (Sup. Ct. 2020), the People requested a Protective Order under New York Criminal Procedure Law Article 245. New York Criminal Defendants and New York Criminal Defense Attorneys should know that the new Article 245 of the Criminal Procedure Law allows prosecutors to limit discovery, sometimes to attorney's eyes only, and will allow prosecutors to certify readiness on their cases while not producing the evidence to the defendants as


Aggravated Harassment Dismissed - Speedy Trial Violation
Here, in People v. JOHNSON-McLEAN, 2019 N.Y. Slip Op 51941 (Crim. Ct. 2019), a complaint is made against the Defendant and, based on the constitutional rights of the accused are curtailed: Arrests, Court Appearances and Orders of Protection. When People call the office accused of harassment and aggravated harassment, we often hear "I am innocent" or "I did not do what they say" together with, perhaps, the "police lied." Here it is a Catifah Morgan who makes the complaint. W