Blog Posts in 2016
Posted on Jul 25, 2016 By John M. Cromwell
A divided intermediate New York appellate court declined to award a new trial in an appeal of a criminal conviction where the defendant claimed he was denied a fair trial because the prosecutor ...
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Posted on Jul 14, 2016 By John M. Cromwell
By a 7 -1 margin, the Country’s highest court has ruled that police must obtain a warrant, absent exigent circumstances, in order to extract blood from a suspect for purposes to use as evidence ...
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Posted on Jun 28, 2016 By John M. Cromwell
In a unanmous opinion, the New York State Court of Appeals has reversed an Appellate Division, First Department case and granted the defendant Tyrell Ingram, a new trial, ruling that the trial court ...
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Posted on Jun 26, 2016 By John M. Cromwell
Against overwhelming odds, criminal defense attorney John M. Cromwell achieved a full acquittel for a Bronx man accused of multiple burglaries in Westchester County and the Bronx. It took the jury a ...
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Posted on Jun 26, 2016 By John M. Cromwell
Wrongfully accused of muder, man rejects prosecutor's offer to dismiss charges in hopes to prove his innocence. On June 24, 2016 the New Yorks Times put out an article about Richar Rosario who for ...
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