Criminal Law Felony Laws New York 
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 11, 2020
A New York woman, Sarah Espinosa, 22, has been arrested for a rather odd offense after crashing her car while under the influence. Reckless endangerment in the first degree is a class D felony. Notably, this is a misdemeanor as opposed to the second endangerment provision that can be a felony. Reckless driving.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
New York nonprofit The Legal Aid Society (LAS) Thursday reported that data from the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) shows the successes of New York’s 2019 bail reform law. For those released on their own recognizance, re-arrest rates decreased from 18 percent to 16 percent by 2021.
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JonathanTurley
JUNE 23, 2022
Four states—Kansas, Utah, Idaho, and Montana—have eliminated the defense entirely and only an estimated one percent of all felony cases involve an insanity plea. It is fairly rare to win a case on the grounds of an insanity defense. Roughly a quarter are successful. However, the jury was only out for six hours before returning the verdict.
The Crime Report
APRIL 8, 2022
We also have a much higher rate of plea bargain cases than the rest of the world: almost 20 percent higher than just about any other common law country. From about the 1600s, they had a gigantic Criminal Code where everything was a felony and every felony was punishable by death. DC: The law exists to protect capital.
FDA Law Blog
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
In June 2019, Pfizer sought an OIG advisory opinion to ensure that its proposal would not run afoul of federal law. Pfizer challenged the OIG’s interpretation as contrary to law in a lawsuit brought in the Southern District of New York (SDNY). The Medicare program would pay most of the remaining $225,000 in annual cost.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 21, 2021
Many of us who grew up in Chicago are familiar with the Latin Kings, which is a huge criminal organization that often uses children to hold guns since they are subject to lower possible criminal penalties. This incident occurred around 3 a.m., Almost on the one-year anniversary of its condemning its own publication of a column by Sen.
JonathanTurley
MAY 13, 2021
Notably, according to the New York Post, there were also two monkeys living with Cuevas in the house but that is not itself unlawful. The Lacey Act makes it a federal crime to break the wildlife laws of any state, tribe, or foreign country, in interstate commerce. However, the penalties are notably higher.
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