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The federal government has designated the New York and New Jersey area as a “high intensity drug trafficking area” (HIDTA), and as such, the prosecution of drug trafficking in New York and New Jersey is a high priority for federal law enforcement officers. Federal agents are especially well-funded and well-equipped in HIDTAs like New York…

Matthew Galluzzo recently appeared on Associated Press TV (and other networks) as a legal expert on the potential ramifications of the civil lawsuit filed by the accuser in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case. The link to the video clip is here.

One very common charge in New York for repeat shoplifters is Burglary in the Third Degree (Penal Law Section 140.20). A person is guilty of this Class D felony when he knowingly or unlawfully enters or remains in a building with intent to commit a crime therein. Penal Law Section 140.00[5] provides the definition of…

On August 5, The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of New York on behalf of their client Angel Alvarez. Angel Alvarez suffered 27 bullet wounds during a block party in Harlem in August 2010, most of them at the hands of the NYPD, yet miraculously survived.…

Matthew Galluzzo appeared on Good Day New York (Fox 5 TV) as an expert legal commentator regarding the insanity defense and its application to the Levi Aron case.

Under New York state law, it is a serious crime to knowingly make or use counterfeit money with the intent to deceive or defraud another. The applicable statutes are Class C non-violent felonies, meaning that someone convicted of this crime (as a first felony offense) can be sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of from 1-3…

Matthew Galluzzo was recently quoted as a legal expert in a Globe & Mail newspaper article about the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case. The link to the article is available here.

Partners Matt Galluzzo and Zack Johnson were interviewed by Tamer El-Ghobashy (@TamerELG) of the Wall Street Journal and featured prominently in a story about social media and the practice of law.

Matthew Galluzzo appeared on an episode of Richard French Live on RNN TV on July 26, 2011, to discuss issues pertaining to the prosecution of rape cases and the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case, specifically. The video is available here.

In 2007, a new law went into effect that created a special class of felonies called “sexually motivated felonies”. Pursuant to Penal Law Section 130.91, a person is guilty of a sexually motivated felony when he or she commits one of several specified felony offenses “for the purpose, in whole or substantial part, of his…