police Archives - Law Offices of Michael Singer, P.C. https://lawsinger.com/tag/police/ Personal Injury Attorneys Thu, 22 Mar 2018 00:15:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 Police Misconduct: the word of an unreliable civilian complainant should not serve as probable cause to arrest https://lawsinger.com/police-misconduct-word-unreliable-civilian-complainant-serve-probable-cause-arrest/ Tue, 11 Nov 2014 00:51:29 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=1400 Often, a client of potential police misconduct will have been arrested on the basis of an allegation made by a civilian, not a police officer (e.g., a claim of assault that the police did not witness).   In these instances, it cannot be argued that the police fabricated the evidence against the client, since the allegations, […]

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]]> Trial of client in police shooting case https://lawsinger.com/trial-client-police-shooting-case/ Mon, 20 Oct 2014 23:37:19 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=1340 Pot dealer who shot at cops near Manhattan housing project Luis Martinez, 26, faces 25 years to life for firing three times at cops during the February 2012 shootout with uniformed cops near the Baruch Houses on the Lower East Side. BY BARBARA ROSS , SHAYNA JACOBS NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Friday, January 31, 2014 […]

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]]> Justice prevails in Excessive Force case https://lawsinger.com/justice-obtained-police-excessive-force-case/ Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:00:27 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=1318 Kings County, New York.  Our client was enjoying the J”Ouvert Festival with family and friends in Brooklyn, when the group was approached by police.  All the male members of the group were searched without probable cause and subjected to verbal abuse.  Finding nothing illegal, the police left, only to be followed by another set of […]

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]]> $1,400,000 to client assaulted by police https://lawsinger.com/1400000-client-assaulted-police/ Tue, 16 Sep 2014 18:37:07 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=1276 $1,400,000 settlement on the eve of trial in an excessive force case for man who suffered an orbital fracture when beaten by the police.

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]]> Lawyer Strategy: Filing for Summary Judgment pre-discovery in case of pedestrian struck in a crosswalk https://lawsinger.com/lawyer-strategy-filing-for-summary-judgment-pre-discovery-in-case-of-pedestrian-struck-in-a-crosswalk/ Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:32:38 +0000 http://myersgaliardo.com/1/?p=847 As trial lawyers, we know that proving liability is often more than half the battle. Without liability, damages become moot. So, it is welcome when we are presented with a strong liability case. One of the soundest is the “pedestrian knock-down” in a crosswalk. The defendant driver must yield the right of way to the […]

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]]> DWI and the Law https://lawsinger.com/driving-while-intoxicated-dwi/ Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:05:05 +0000 http://myersgaliardo.com/1/?p=400 Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) is a crime. In NYS, the penalties include the loss of driving privileges, fines, and a possible jail term. Your judgment, coordination and ability to drive a vehicle change when you consume any amount of alcohol. The level of impairment depends on five conditions: the amount of alcohol you drink the […]

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]]> SEARCH WARRANTS: Claim of False Arrest when search warrant executed in a public versus private location https://lawsinger.com/false-arrest-clients-arrested-during-the-execution-of-a-search-warrant-in-a-public-versus-private-location/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:47:26 +0000 http://myersgaliardo.com/1/?p=384 We often come across cases in which the client was “in the wrong place at the wrong time”.  Perhaps the most glaring example of poor timing is being present in a location when the police issue a search warrant looking for contraband.  Assuming the warrant was not fraudulently obtained, the court has sanctioned the search. […]

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]]> CAR STOPS – “Failure To Signal” new predicate for car stops https://lawsinger.com/car-stops-failure-to-signal-is-the-new-default-predicate/ Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:25:20 +0000 http://myersgaliardo.com/1/?p=351 Any criminal practitioner in recent years has seen a proliferation of the latest “catch all” predicate police allege for making a car stop: the defendant failed to signal.  It is a clever predicate in that, unlike the allegation of mechanical issues such as a broken tail light, it is nearly impossible to disprove. Moreover, in […]

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]]> Tale Of Tapes For Santana https://lawsinger.com/tale-of-tapes-for-santana/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:07:14 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=1154 by TERI THOMPSON and NATHANIEL VINTON A multi-agency narcotics strike force tapped the cell phone conversations of Spanish Harlem boxer Edgar Santana as part of its year-long investigation into an alleged cocaine conspiracy, which prosecutors say used the U.S. Postal Service to ship multiple kilograms of the drug from Puerto Rico for distribution in New […]

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