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Applicability of New York’s Anti-Prostitution Laws to the Plaza Hotel Affair
The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo, PLLC Team

Most of us have read about the recent Charlie Sheen affair at the Plaza Hotel. According to the New York Post, Sheen offered $12,000 for sex with actress Capri Anderson. Under New York’s Penal Law, Patronizing a Prostitute, PL 230.03:A person is guilty of patronizing a prostitute in the fourth degree when he patronizes a…

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Lil Wayne to Receive Lesser Sentence than Plaxico Burress for the Same Charge
The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo, PLLC Team

Lil Wayne will be sentenced today in Manhattan Supreme Court after pleading guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree in October 2009. According to the New York Post, he is set to receive a one year sentence. It is interesting to note that this is the same charge to which…

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Brady and the Model Rules of Professional Conduct
The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo, PLLC Team

In the famous case of Brady v. Maryland (373 U.S. 83), the US Supreme Court in 1963 expanded Constitutional due process rights for criminal defendants by requiring prosecutors to disclose exculpatory material to defense counsel. “[T]he suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused upon request violates due process where the evidence is…

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