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If your New York State driver’s license was suspended in relation to a DWI or DUI related crime, the process for getting it back will depend on why it was suspended in the first place. Regardless of the cause, an experienced DWI lawyer will always help your case. Suspended License Due to Failing a Chemical […]
If you’re pulled over for a DWI in New York and refuse to take a breathalyzer test or chemical test, you may be subject to a DWI refusal hearing. Here’s a quick Q&A about that process: Question: If I am pulled over by the police in NY, do I have to submit to a chemical […]
What is the difference between legalization or decriminalization? Many states and countries have been moving toward the legalization or decriminalization of marijuana… but what does that really mean? In New York, the possession of marijuana has been decriminalized, but not fully legalized. This means that depending on the amount of marijuana you have in your […]
You’re having a heated argument, when suddenly things turn physical and the next thing you know, you have a voicemail from a detective telling you to come down to the precinct. Here are the top five tips for what to do if you have been or are about to be arrested for an assault in […]
The Second Circuits Ruling in Crawford v. Cuomo Today Clarifies that Any Sexual Abuse of a Prisoner is a Constitutional Violation A terrific ruling today in Crawford v. Cuomo protects prisoners’ constitutional rights to be free from sexual abuse. It should seem obvious, but some federal courts have missed the fact that intentional sexual touching of an inmate […]
Along with Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, we recently filed a lawsuit representing Sharrif Wilson’s estate in an action against the City of New York and those responsible for his wrongful arrest, incarceration and death. Read The New York Times coverage of the suit against the City in Sharrif’s case.
In many cases when you are charged with a crime, you may notice that there are also a number of other, similar charges against you. These additional charges are known as lesser included offenses. You may ask, why am I being charged for multiple crimes following a single incident? For example, if you are charged with […]
The Daily News recently reported on our work uncovering and analyzing the NYPD’s Intoxilyzer records. In our recent legal battle to procure NYC DWI Records, we found many disturbing issues with the Intoxliyzer machines regularly used to determine if a driver is legally drunk. Not only did we learn that some Intoxilyzer machines weren’t rendering proper results, […]
All NYPD Intoxilyzer records are now available to the public. Following our lengthy legal battle, Law Offices of Daniel A. McGuinness, PC is now exclusively hosting all of the maintenance, repair and calibration records for the Intoxilyzer 5000EN breath testing machines used by the NYPD. We currently have all records from January 2008 to August 2012, and will […]
Today we received a Decision and Order from the Bronx County Criminal Court granting our discovery requests for all materials related to the Intoxilyzer 5000EN machine used to test our client’s breath on the night of his arrest. As with many DWI cases, the prosecutor fiercely resisted our attempts to see the documents related to […]