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Bail Laws Revised in New York’s 2022-2023 Budget

By Jill K. Sanders, Esq. It’s been all over the news – New York has changed its bail laws yet again. In addition to bail, there were also other new laws and other revisions. These were included as...

How Desk Appearance Tickets Really Work in New York

By Jill K. Sanders, Esq. Sometimes, when you’re alleged to have committed a crime, you’re not always taken into custody. In these cases, cops don’t use handcuffs and jail cells – they issue a Desk...

Mistakes Not to Make When You’ve Been Arrested in New York

By Jill K. Sanders, Esq. If you’ve been arrested in New York, there are certain basics you should understand about the criminal justice system. Often times, people ask what they should do to help...

Rollback of Bail Reform in New York for Certain Offenses

By Jill K. Sanders, Esq. On April 2, 2020, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the state's 2021 budget. Part of the budget is new legislation dealing with bail reforms which went into effec...

You Received an Appearance Ticket or DAT – Now What?

By Jill K. Sanders, Esq. An appearance ticket or DAT (Desk Appearance Ticket) is a summons issued by a police officer to appear in criminal court. If you’ve received an appearance ticket or have be...

The Stages of a New York Criminal Case

By Jill K. Sanders, Esq. If you have been arrested in New York, you are at the beginning of what could be a long journey through the criminal justice system. Here, we discuss the steps that most cr...

Electronic Monitoring and Other Forms of “e-Carceration”

By Jill K. Sanders, Esq. In a move to end mass incarceration, “e-carceration” is on the rise. E-carceration refers to different types of technology to gather information to constrain the liberty of...

What to Do When the Prosecutor Questions the Source of the Funds Used for Bail

By Jill K. Sanders, Esq. Your first appearance in court is important for many reasons. For the defendant, one of the primary concerns is whether the judge will set bail and how much the bail will b...

How to Prepare for an Arraignment and Understand Its Purpose

Getting arrested can be jarring and rather frightening. It is only the beginning of what can be a long, tiresome legal process. Because the arraignment is the first formal step in court proceedings of...