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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…

Matthew Galluzzo recently appeared in a Reuters article about prosecuting perjury charges in New York and how the law might apply to Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s accuser. The link is available here: http://tinyurl.com/65w9hoc

The horrendous killing and dismemberment of Leiby Kletzky and subsequent arrest of Levi Aron has shocked New York. In light of recent reports which suggest that Aron has been hallucinating and hearing voices, the question arises, “Will Aron actually be tried or be subject to normal criminal procedures for this murder?” The arraignment judge apparently…