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Hon. Janet DiFiore
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Hon. Cyrus Vance
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Hon. Kathleen Rice
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Hon. Frank A. Sedita, III
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Susan Valle
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Hon. Richard Brown
Hon. William Fitzpatrick
Hon. Janet DiFiore
Hon. Cyrus Vance
Hon. Kathleen Rice
Hon. Frank A. Sedita, III
Susan Valle
Hon. Richard BrownQueens County District Attorney

 

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  • United States v. Watkin
    Defendant entered a guilty plea to transporting a minor in interstate commerce with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, 18 U.S.C. 2423(a), and was sentenced to a 233-month term of imprisonment. The court applied three two-level sentencing enh... Continue reading
  • Collins v. Ercole
    In 1988 petitioner was convicted of first-degree robbery. After his release, he was arrested for murder and attempted murder and, in 2001, entered a plea of guilty in New York state court. Treating the attempted murder as a second violent felony, the s... Continue reading
  • Chevron Corp. v. Donziger
    Following about 30 years of oil extraction in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Ecuadorians brought a variety of claims against the company and obtained judgment in Ecuador. Chevron, a potential judgment-debtor, brought action under New York’s Uniform Foreign C... Continue reading
  • TIFD III-E Inc. v. United States
    The United States appealed from a judgment of the district court invalidating two notices of Final Partnership Administrative Adjustments issued by the IRS. The district court so ruled because it concluded that the taxpayer's characterization of two ta... Continue reading
  • Parker v. Ercole
    Petitioner was convicted in a New York state court of second-degree murder. Petitioner subsequently appealed the denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2254 habeas petition. The court held that because the evidence was sufficient to support petitioner's conviction of... Continue reading



 

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