Any Rochester driver arrested a second time for drinking and driving may face serious legal consequences. If a prior DWI conviction occurred within ten years of the current conviction, the charge against the defendant may be enhanced from a misdemeanor to a felony. This would result in a potentially greater fine, a lengthier driver’s license […]
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Rochester drivers convicted of Driving While Intoxicated are subject to not only the criminal penalties set forth in New York State law, but also to the regulations of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) regarding any driver’s license penalties imposed. The DMV has always had the authority to deny the return of a driver’s license […]
The laws surrounding licensing following a conviction for Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs are confusing even for experienced Rochester DWI lawyers. This is because the potential driver’s license penalties are set forth not just in the list of penalties for impaired or intoxicated driving, but also in the penalties for controlled substance offenses. In […]
Spouses are generally eligible to receive Social Security benefits post-divorce if the marriage lasted more than 10 years. Other eligibility requirements must be met before you can receive benefits, including being at least 62 years of age, being unmarried, and that the benefits you would receive from your own work history are less than what […]
As a class D felony, Aggravated Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree (NY PL 130.66) can put you away for as long as seven years. Rochester prosecutors charge NY PL 130.66 for particular types of conduct against particular types of people, namely the insertion of foreign objects into a person’s vagina, urethra, penis, rectum, or […]
Aggravated Sexual Abuse in the Fourth Degree (NY PL 130.65a) is a class E felony that Rochester prosecutors charge when you are alleged to have inserted a foreign object into the vagina, urethra, penis, rectum, or anus of another person who is incapable of consent for reasons other than being younger than 17 years old, […]
Rochester prosecutors have a range of charges they can file when sexual contact has occurred illegally. In Sexual Abuse in the First Degree (NY PL 130.65), the charge alleges that you engaged in sexual contact through the use of force, where the other person was physically helpless and unable to consent, where the other person […]
Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree (NY PL 130.60) in Rochester is the crime of engaging in sexual contact with another person without that person’s consent, and where the lack of consent is for a reason other than the person being younger than 17 years old. Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree will also be […]
If you engaged in sexual contact with a person who did not consent, you can be charged with Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree (NY PL 130.55) by prosecutors in Rochester. Conduct that can meets the terms of Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree is broadly understood to include touching another person’s intimate parts, for […]
Persistent Sexual Abuse (NY PL 130.53) is a law that Rochester prosecutors use to penalize a third sex crime conviction in a ten year period by charging a felony. Having two previous convictions for misdemeanor crimes like Forcible Touching or Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree, or felony sex offenses gives prosecutors license to charge […]