UPDATE
December 27, 2025
Including updates on the following topics:
- The Supreme Court’s Bruen Decision on Firearms Does Not Invalidate a Federal Statute Which Makes Firearms Possession Regarding Removed or Altered Serial Numbers Illegal
- Failure to Include Affidavit of Non-Military Service Deemed Not Fatal to Default Judgment by Appellate Division Second Department
- Another Bruen Related Case Concludes That Even Though the US Supreme Court Struck Down New York’s “Proper Cause” Requirement for a Pistol Permit, that Decision Did Not Make the Entire Firearms Licensing Law Invalid
- Use of Officers’ Sworn Statements Provides Sufficient Evidence for DMV Suspension Hearing Despite Officer’s Failure to Comply with Subpoena to Appear
- Payton Rule Violated When Officer Crossed the Defendant’s Home Threshold Without a Warrant and in the Absence of Exigent Circumstances
- Qualified Immunity and the Rearrest of Erroneously Released Prisoners Under New York CPL § 380.60
