There are few charges more dangerous in Rochester than allegations that you threatened or assaulted an authority figure like a police officer. Under New York Penal Law Section 120.18, you are charged with Menacing a Police Officer when you, according to the allegation, intentionally: ● place or attempt to place a police officer in reasonable […]
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Menacing in the Second Degree (NY PL 120.14) in Rochester is a Class A Misdemeanor, characterized by one or more of three provisions in the statute. As a general proposition, the crime of Menacing means to engage in conduct that would create a reasonable fear or injury or death in a person. Menacing in the […]
Menacing in the First Degree (NY PL 120.13) is only charged in Rochester when a person has previously been convicted of Second Degree Menacing within the past ten years. Under the statute, if you have previously been convicted of Second Degree Menacing and commit similar conduct again, you can be charged with Menacing in the […]
Prosecutors and police take child abuse allegations extremely seriously in Rochester, so when an adult over the age of 18 is accused of assaulting a child under the age of 11, and has been convicted of a previous assault against a child within the last three years, they will be charged with Aggravated Assault Upon […]
Aggravated Assault on a Police Officer (NY PL 120.11) in Rochester is a Class B Felony with serious penalties, such as a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison. The charge alleges a number of elements, all of which must be proven by the prosecution. You intended to cause serious physical injury to a person […]
If you’ve been charged with Assault in the First Degree (NY PL 120.10) in Rochester, it means that prosecutors believe they can prove that you intended to cause serious physical injury to a person, that you did cause serious physical injury to them, and that the injuries were the result of your use of a […]
If you’ve been charged with Assaulting a Police Officer (NY PL 120.08), you run the risk of a prison sentence as long as 15 years. In Rochester, prosecutors are very serious when they handle cases of assaults against cops, so your first act should be to find qualified legal support to protect your rights and […]
When an adult over the age of 18 is suspected of assaulting a child under the age of 5 in such a way as to leave the child with a brain injury, the adult may be charged with Reckless Assault of a Child (NY PL 120.02) in Rochester. The adult is alleged to have shaken […]
Gang Assault in the First Degree (NY PL 120.07) is an assault committed by three or more people. Despite the name, the charge does not imply membership in a street gang in Rochester. Any assault committed by more than two people, with the intent of causing serious physical injury to victim, who did actually sustain […]
Reckless Assault of a Child by a Child Day Care Provider (NY PL 120.01) in Rochester is charged when a day care provider – defined as a non-relative who routinely provides day care for a child outside of the child’s home, for less than 24 hours at a time – is alleged to have caused […]