Arraignments &
Criminal Court
Criminal Court
ACD is an acronym for this disposition.
What is "Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal"?
Perhaps the only person incarcerated in NY for an out-of-state conviction.
Who is Pamela Smart?
DOCCS changed their name.
Who is Rudy Frantz Jean-Louis (Jean Frantz)?
The burden of proof for facial sufficiency.
What is reasonable cause?
Where the New York Governor's clemency power lies.
What is the NYS Constitution?
The time by which a person must see a judge after arrest in NYC.
What is 24 hours?
They received a sentence of 110 years for robberies.
Who is Shawn Peace?
They spent 2 years in an Albanian prison before being extradited to NY.
Who is Benny Halevi?
This case held that a lawyer may not concede their client's guilt over their client's express objection.
What is McCoy vs. Louisiana?
Two forms of clemency.
What are pardons and commutations?
When an accusatory instrument contains hearsay at arraignments, you adjourn the case for...
What is conversion.
They developed and facilitate the program "Project Build."
Who is Lou Nunes?
Their sentence was previously reduced under the Drug Law Reform Act.
Who is Al Javier?
The basis of the 2nd Circuit's holding that Oscar Boria's attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel.
What is counsel's failure to adequately advise Mr. Boria about the plea offer?
They review the Parole Board's denials of parole on appeal.
Who is the Parole Board?
CPL 30.30 governs this.
What is speedy trial?
They provide care for other incarcerated people in the Regional Medical Unit.
Who is Carl Brown?
This father of 6 and law clerk was sentenced to 55 years for drug charges.
Who is Dante Major?
Michael Henriquez's lawyer was not ineffective, according to the NY Court of Appeals, because of this.
What is Mr. Henriquez's waiver of the right to effective representation by refusing to allow counsel to participate?
This is perhaps the most well-known exercise of presidential clemency in American history (prior to 2025).
What is Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon in 1974?
You will move to suppress this if the DA serves 710.30(1)(a) notice at arraignments.
What is your client's statement?
Their lawyer didn't strike a juror who admitted to reading about the case and forming an opinion about his guilt.
Who is Bobby Maffei?
They are waiting to hear whether the Court of Appeals will review the trial court's denial of their actual innocence 440.10 motion.
Who is Earl Jefferson?
If you're deprived of a substantial interest by an order of protection, you're entitled to this.
What is a Crawford hearing?
Whether release is compatible with the welfare of society.
Part of the NY regulatory standards for parole release?