Todd D. Greenberg’s Motion To Dismiss Drunk Driving Charges Granted Based Upon A Lack Of Evidence.
Jan 22, 2007
On January 22, 2007 a Criminal Court Judge granted the Trial Motion of Todd D. Greenberg to dismiss Drunk Driving charges against the Defendant granting a Trial Order of Dismissal. Mr. Greenberg argued that under the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law a person must be “actually impaired” to the extent that his “physical and mental ability” which such…[...]Continue Reading
On January 22, 2007, a Queens County Jury acquitted the Defendant, our client, of all charges of Assault and Reckless Endangerment. After the acquittal, his record was permanently sealed. The incident arose from a Traffic Incident where an off duty Police Officer claimed that the Defendant assaulted him by punching him in the face. Attorney Todd Greenberg argued that the…[...]
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On October 18, 2006, the Defendant, our client, was acquitted by a Queens Jury of Driving while Intoxicated. The Defendant refused the Breathalyzer Test and the Police Officer said he observed the Defendant swerving over a yellow divider and, when stopped, smelled alcohol on his breath and had blood-shot eyes. The evidence revealed that the Defendant’s balance, speech and appearance,…[...]Continue Reading
By Ikimulisa Livingston The man accused of going on a deadly shooting spree in Queens this summer taunted cops from his hospital bed shortly after his arrest, saying, “What’s that, a Smith & Wesson? That’s nothing. Those are toys. I have something better.” Matthew Colletta, 34, made several wild statements after the Aug. 25 shooting rampage, which killed 51-year-old Todd…[...]
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On September 5, 2006, our client was acquitted in Nassau County District Court of all charges involving his arrest for Driving While Intoxicated. During the trial, Attorney Todd Greenberg challenged the results of the Standard Field Sobriety Test, as administered by the Nassau Police, i.e., the one leg stand test, the walk and turn test and the finger to the…[...]Continue Reading
Todd Greenberg successfully convinces Queens jury to find his client Not Guilty of Domestic Violence Assault Charges
Jul 21, 2006
On Friday, July 21, 2006, a jury returned a not guilty verdict of all criminal charges against our client, who was accused of assaulting his wife by holding her arm on a burning stove for three minutes. The case was heard in the Domestic Violence Part of the Queens Criminal Court, Judge Harrington president with a jury. Defense attorney Todd…[...]
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Thoroughbred TimesBy Pete Denk A new grand jury has reaffirmed a 291 count indictment against former New York Racing Association Clerk of Scales Mario Sclafani and Assistant Clerk of Scales Braulio Baeza for allegedly falsifying records and allowing jockeys to ride overweight in 2004. Sclafani and Baeza, a former jockey and member of the Racing Hall of Fame, were indicted…[...]
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Breathalyzer Results Suppressed;Police Lacked Probable Cause to Stop Motorist The Defendant was arrested on April 20, 2006 at 4 a.m. and charged with Driving While Intoxicated. The arresting Police Officer stated that the Defendant’s vehicle was swerving and that the Breathalyzer Test revealed a blood alcohol content of .197%, more than twice the legal limit. At a Pre-Trial Hearing requested…[...]Continue Reading
Our client, a Queens Catholic School Administrator was charged with sexual abuse endangering the welfare of a child. Defense attorney Todd D. Greenberg was successful in raising sufficient credibility issues with the complainant and the jury acquitted our client of the charges.[...]
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On February 10, 2006, our client was acquitted by a jury of endangering the welfare of a child and sexual abuse in the second degree. Our client’s 16 year old niece alleged that the Defendant improperly touched her breast and vagina on two occasions while she was home alone with the Defendant. The evidence revealed that the allegations were made…[...]
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Newsday The Associated Press Five men who were convicted in the harassment and brutal beating last year of a Sikh man outside a Queens catering hall were sentenced yesterday to terms raging from two years in prison to five days in jail. Trial evidence showed the men taunted Rajinder Singh Khalsa, 50, outside the Villa Russo Ristorante in Richmond Hill…[...]
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Thoroughbred Times Under a committee recommendation, weigh-out procedures will be conducted in full public view at California racetracks as the California Horse Racing Board on Thursday moved forward with plans to revise procedures on the weighing of jockeys for races. The board hopes to ensure that horses carry their assigned weights and the public is accurately informed of those weights.…[...]
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By Herbert LoweStaff Writer To Victor Cosentino’s attorney, “words alone are not an assault,” and certainly not a hate crime — even if his client threatened murder, as a prosecution witness testified against him Wednesday in Queens. Cosentino, 60, of Valley Stream, also contends that the charges alleging that he helped assault a Sikh leader after an argument over turbans…[...]
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By Herbert LoweStaff Writer A Sikh man testifying in a hate-crime trial in Queens Tuesday identified the men who are charged with harassing him and another Sikh before assaulting them after an argument over their turbans. Gurcharan Singh testified that, on July 11, 2004, he, his cousin Rajinder Singh Bammi, a friend of Bammi’s and the friend’s son were exiting…[...]
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By ALEX GINSBERG An off-handed crack by a drunken partygoer comparing a Sikh’s sacred turban to bed linen touched off a bloody melee on a Queens street two summers ago that put the immigrant in the hospital, eyewitnesses testified yesterday. “Why did you steal the sheets from my house?” quipped Ryan Meehan, one of five men accused in the attack,…[...]
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