45 Cited authorities

  1. District of Columbia et al. v. Heller

    554 U.S. 570 (2008)   Cited 3,331 times   50 Legal Analyses
    Holding it irrelevant to the constitutionality of D.C.'s "handgun" ban that the law allowed citizens the possession of substitutes, like "long guns"
  2. Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Servs., Inc.

    523 U.S. 75 (1998)   Cited 5,118 times   48 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[w]hatever evidentiary route the plaintiff chooses to follow, he or she must always prove that the conduct at issue was not merely tinged with offensive . . . connotations"
  3. Kyllo v. United States

    533 U.S. 27 (2001)   Cited 1,600 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the use of a thermal imager to detect heat radiating from a home was a search
  4. Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union

    521 U.S. 844 (1997)   Cited 983 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding parts of § 223 unconstitutional under the First Amendment
  5. People v. Casey

    95 N.Y.2d 354 (N.Y. 2000)   Cited 1,340 times
    Finding nonhearsay allegations including the complainant's supporting deposition, which stated that the order had been issued, was in effect, and that she had personally observed the defendant engage in conduct that violated the order could help to cure an alleged defect in the instrument premised on the failure to provide the underlying court order
  6. People v. Kalin

    2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 2446 (N.Y. 2009)   Cited 686 times
    In Kalin, 12 N.Y.3d 225, 878 N.Y.S.2d 653, 906 N.E.2d 381, the Court of Appeals examined an information which had charged the defendant with, among other things, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree for the possession of nine plastic bags of heroin.
  7. People v. Dreyden

    2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 5243 (N.Y. 2010)   Cited 401 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Stating that the gravity knife law "distinguishes gravity knives from certain folding knives that cannot readily be opened by gravity or centrifugal force"
  8. People v. Konieczny

    2 N.Y.3d 569 (N.Y. 2004)   Cited 480 times

    87. Submitted May 6, 2004. Decided June 10, 2004. APPEAL, by permission of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, from an order of the Niagara County Court (Sara S. Sperrazza, J.), entered March 13, 2003. The County Court affirmed a judgment of the City Court of North Tonawanda, Niagara County (William R. Lewis, J.), which had convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal contempt in the second degree. Michael J. Violante, Public Defender, Lockport ( Joseph G. Frazier of counsel)

  9. People v. Henderson

    92 N.Y.2d 677 (N.Y. 1999)   Cited 503 times
    In People v. Henderson (92 NY2d 677, 680), the Court of Appeals indicated that a jury could "certainly" infer that a victim felt substantial pain where an information recited that "defendant, together with another and in an attempt to steal the victim's property, attempted to pull the victim from his motor scooter and kicked him in the legs, causing him to suffer contusions and swelling" (id.).
  10. Riley v. County of Broome

    95 N.Y.2d 455 (N.Y. 2000)   Cited 387 times
    Holding that the legislative history of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1103 evinces an intent to impose “a minimum standard of care” on operators of vehicles engaged in roadwork
  11. Section 924 - Penalties

    18 U.S.C. § 924   Cited 64,962 times   186 Legal Analyses
    Holding that conviction for eluding police, under Maine statute which provides that "[w]hoever, after being requested or signaled to stop, attempts to elude a law enforcement officer by driving a vehicle at a reckless rate of speed which results in a high-speed chase between the operator's vehicle and any law enforcement vehicle using a blue light and siren is guilty" of a felony-level crime, involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)