Category: Criminal Law

#ABKLaw BLOG by Michael Jaccarino: If you are arrested and an order of protection is issued, you now may be able to get back into your home.

January 18, 2023

Blog – If you are arrested and an order of protection is issued, you now may be able to get back into your home.
Here’s how:
As long as most of us have been practicing criminal defense, if a person is arrested and accused of committing a crime against their spouse, girlfriend, partner or roommate, a full order of protection was automatically issued, and the accused was ordered to stay away from the person for the duration of the criminal case. This, of course, included the home of the person, so the accused was effectively rendered homeless, separated from their home, family, property, belongings, etc. This happened in nearly every single case, no matter if the “complainant” was cooperative or not.

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#ABKLaw BLOG by Michael Jaccarino: Rockstar and lead singer of Cage the Elephant Arrested and charged with two counts of Criminal Possession of a firearm

January 7, 2023

Blog – Rockstar and lead singer of Cage the Elephant Arrested and charged with two counts of Criminal Possession of a firearm
Rockstar and lead singer of Cage the Elephant, a Grammy-award winning band, was arrested in lower Manhattan Friday and charged with two counts of criminal possession of a firearm – felonies that carry a punishment of several years in prison. The guns were allegedly recovered from the singer’s hotel room at the Bowery Hotel, along with Polaroids of the firearms and a note indicating that he needed to protect himself.
Any defense of of the singer, Matthew Schultz, would begin with analyzing how the police gained access to the hotel room in the first place.

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#ABKLaw BLOG by Michael Jaccarino: Would you let an AI robot handle your criminal defense?

January 5, 2023

Blog – Would you let an AI ROBOT handle your criminal defense?

A robot is about to defend an accused person in court. A person who is charged with a crime.
If true, this artificial intelligence robot will be the first ever to advise someone in a court of law. The AI, which will physically be located in the defendant’s phone, will listen in on the court proceedings, and then advise the defendant through an earpiece.
“The World’s First Robot Lawyer,” as it is called, was initially designed to battle parking tickets, but has been greatly expanded.
The first AI court trial will be held in February, with details like specific dates and locations being protected by the app which markets it.

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#ABKLaw BLOG by Michael Jaccarino: How can someone get Clemency or a Pardon in New York State?

December 27, 2022

How to get Clemency or a Pardon in New York State
Last week, Gov. Kathy Hochul pardoned nine people and commuted the sentences of four others— a year after she last granted several New Yorkers clemency — and pledged to continue to do so “on an ongoing basis,” despite having not done so for a year. Hochul also pardoned multiple immigrants who have already been released from prison, but who could have faced deportation because of crimes they had committed years ago.

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