Monthly Archives: August 2016

Appeals Court Overturns Federal Judge’s Expungement of “Jane Doe’s” Conviction

Court Says Federal Law Doesn’t Give Judges the Power to Expunge Convictions Unlike many states, New York doesn’t have an expungement law to give second chances to deserving Americans with past criminal convictions. Sadly, neither does the federal court system. The issue of criminal record sealing and expungement of convictions made news nationwide recently, when […]

By Collins Gann McCloskey & Barry PLLC | Published August 24, 2016 | Posted in Blogs | Leave a comment

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  Our client was a concrete worker, father of two children and part-time golf caddy charged with selling cocaine to an undercover cop. Rick succeeded in proving that the man selling cocaine in the videotape was not our client, and even actually identified the true culprit.
  
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- Aggravated Harassment Dismissed
  
  Our client was a respected nurse falsely accused of harassing a former boyfriend by telephone and mail. Charges were brought in both Manhattan and the Bronx. After our exhaustive investigation, all charges in both counties were dismissed.
  
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- Jury Acquittal Of Armed Robbery
  
  Our client, a former professional boxer (undercard for Mike Tyson in Atlantic City), was charged with the gun-point robbery of two suspected drug dealers on a street in Harlem. For reasons of trial strategy, we decided it would be best to refrain from calling our client as a witness in his own defense.
  
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- Entrapment Defense, Case Dismissed
  
  Army veteran with no criminal record was charged with felony sale of narcotics to an undercover police officer and a confidential informer. We believed our client was merely a "middleman" in a complex transaction.
  
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- Charge Dismissed, Affirmed On Appeal
  
  Successful businessman, father of three, accidentally struck an elderly pedestrian who stepped from between parked cars into the path of his vehicle. He was arrested for driving with a suspended license for having failed to answer minor traffic tickets.
  
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- Drunk Driving Dismissal
  
  Our client, a 50 year old scientist, was accused of driving while intoxicated when he was found passed out behind the wheel of his car with the key in the ignition. The client was concededly intoxicated, and our defense focused on the issue of "operation" of the car.
  
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Appeals Court Overturns Federal Judge’s Expungement of “Jane Doe’s” Conviction

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