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Federal law makes it a serious crime for certain prohibited persons to possess or sell firearms. Under federal law, one can also expect to receive a very serious sentence for possessing certain types of illegal firearms or using a firearm in furtherance of some other crime, such as robbery or drug trafficking. Below is a…

The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo recently won an appeal of a felony rape conviction for their client in the Appellate Division, Third Department. Our client, while represented by a different law firm, pleaded guilty to a rape charge. However, before he was sentenced, the client retained The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo to take…

Yesterday, a client of the firm charged with Assault in the Second Degree, a class D violent felony, had all charges against him dismissed. The client – who had been indicted by a grand jury and was potentially facing up to seven years in state prison – will have no criminal record as a result…

The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo recently secured a total dismissal of all charges against our client in Manhattan. The client, a foreign investor with a U.S. visa, was charged with multiple felonies for allegedly raping and sexually assaulting a woman in his hotel room. Obviously, he was facing significant state prison time if convicted.…

South African paralympic and Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, famous for having been the first competitor in the history of the Olympics to compete in the sprint events with the use of prosthetic legs, has been arrested by South African authorities in connection with the shooting of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp. The case has already…

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Arrested for Possessing a Small Amount of Marijuana While the issuance of criminal court desk appearance tickets may have gone down in light of a re-energized debate as to the wisdom of continued illegality of marijuana, the number of NYC marijuana summonses or pink summonses issued appears to have increased. This occurrence probably has as…

Attorneys are human beings and make mistakes just like everybody else. Unfortunately for them, those mistakes that result in criminal arrests can have especially dire professional consequences. In New York, New York State Judiciary Law § 90(4) requires attorneys to immediately report to the bar certain criminal convictions, and certain convictions can result in suspension…

A recent article in CNN declared that 60% of the cigarettes sold in New York had been smuggled in from out of state so as to avoid the onerous New York state cigarette taxes. This is somewhat unsurprising, given that New York state imposes a $4.35 tax per pack, and New York City an additional…

Today, a federal judge in Manhattan handed down an important ruling by declaring unconstitutional the NYPD’s “Trespass Affidavit Program” for private residential buildings in New York City. This program was also referred to by the Department as “Operation Clean Halls”. The judge declared that the program and the Department’s policy and lax training essentially caused…