Connecticut Invasion of Privacy Law
<h1> United States of America v. Kevin Barco </h1></h1>
New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing Loaded Firearm.<br> <br> David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Bryan DiGirolamo, Acting Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division; and Hartford Police Chief James C. Rovella today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an in... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Kevin J. Barko </h1></h1>
New Haven criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possess and distribute contraband inside the facility was sentenced today to federal prison.<br> <br> A federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging KEVIN BARCO, 41, of Hartford, with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.<br> <br> On April 24, 2025, Barco possessed a Springfield Armory... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Roberto Muy </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Reentering U.S. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ecuadoran National Charged with Illegally Reentering U.S. after Sex Assault Conviction</h2></center></b></b> <<br> /h2>David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District ... More...
$0 (05-28-2025 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Daniel Vasquez-Salinas a/k/a “Stalin Vasquez-Salinas†and “Stalin Vasquez†</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Reentering U.S. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ecuadoran National Charged with Illegally Reentering U.S.</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> STANLIN DANIEL VASQUEZ-SALINAS, also known as "Stalin Vasquez-Salinasâ�... More...
$0 (04-28-2025 - CT)Michael Robinson, et al. v. V.D.
<h2><br> New London, Connecticut personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on defamation, invastion of privacy by false light, statutory and common-law vexatious litigation, and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.<br> <br> The civil action filed by the plaintiffs, Michael Robinson and Mary Robinson, seeks compensatory damages and injunctive relief for defam... More...
$0 (11-26-2024 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Stefan Alexandru Barabas </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Home Invasion </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Romanian National Involved in 2007 Connecticut Home Invasion Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States... More...
$0 (12-06-2024 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Stanislav Romanyuk </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Scheme to Export Dual-Use High Precision Jig Grinder to Russia </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ukrainian National Involved in Scheme to Export Dual-Use High Precision Jig Grinder to Russia Sentenced to Prison</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (11-13-2024 - CT)<h1> Michael Porter a/k/a Michael Antonio Porter v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with moving for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or, in the alternative, a new trial </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The trial court sentenced Moates to life imprisonment and a $1... More...
$0 (06-12-2024 - CT)Stewart Smith v. Independence Holding Company
New Haven, Connecticut consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation theory under 47 U.S.C. 227, which provides:<br> <br> It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States, or any person outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States—<br> <br> (A) to make any call (other than a call made for ... More...
$0 (05-10-2021 - CT)Gary W. Richards v. Direct Energy Services, LLC
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg/300px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg.png"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> Plaintiff‐Appellant Gary W. Richards (“Richards”) entered into an<br> el... More...
$0 (02-04-2019 - CT)STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RICARDO SWILLING <table> <td>
The defendant, Ricardo Swilling, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered following a jury trial, of kidnapping in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-92 (a) (2) (A), home invasion in violation of General Statutes § 53a-100aa (a) (2), and assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60 (a) (2).1 Additionally, following the defendant’s pleas ... More...
$0 (03-31-2018 - CT)Tylon C. Outlaw v. City of Hartford
1 Appeal by plaintiff from so much of a judgment of the United States<br> 2 District Court for the District of Connecticut, Geoffrey W. Crawford, Judge, as granted<br> 3 summary judgment dismissing his claims against defendant City of Hartford (the<br> 4 "City"), brought principally under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for failing to supervise its police<br> 5 officers with respect to appropriate use of force... More...
$0 (03-13-2018 - CT)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. BRAYAN GOMEZ <table> <td>
In March 2014, Hartford police detective James Campbell and 10 <br> Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) special agent Michael 11 <br> Schatz––members of a DEA task force––were investigating a large‐12 <br> scale heroin‐trafficking organization operating out of Hartford.<br> Based on information from a wiretap and coopera... More...
$0 (12-30-2017 - CT)STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. WILLIAM BURKERT <table> <td>
On September 30, 2011, Halton filed three separate complaints, alleging that Burkert committed the petty disorderly persons offense of harassment on January 8, 9, and 11, 2011, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:33-4(c).1 A three-day trial was held in <br> 1 A petty disorderly persons offense is punishable by up to thirty days in jail. N.J.S.A. 2C:43-8. <br> 5 <br> the Elizabeth ... More...
$0 (12-21-2017 - CT)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. BRAYAN GOMEZ <table> <td>
This appeal arises out of a traffic stop of Defendant‐Appellant 2 <br> Brayan Gomez. During surveillance in connection with a heroin‐3 <br> trafficking investigation in Hartford, Connecticut, officers observed 4 <br> Gomez commit several traffic violations and stopped his car. 5 <br> During the five‐minute traffic stop, the�... More...
$0 (12-08-2017 - CT)STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. EVER LEE HOLLEY <table> <td>
Thedefendant,EverLee1Holley,appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of possession of a narcotic substance with intent to sell by a person who is not drug-dependent in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278 (b). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) instructed the jury on reasonable doubt and (2) denied his motion to suppress evidence. W... More...
$0 (07-07-2017 - CT)STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. MARCELO CERVANTES <table> <td>
<center><a href="http://www.morelawsuites.com/" target="_new"><h2><font="Red">MoreLaw Suites - Legal Suites and Virtual Offices - Downtown Tulsa-- Best Places In Downtown Tulsa To Practice Law </h2></font></a><br> </center><br> Following a conditional plea of nolo contendere, entered pursuant to General Statutes § 5494a,1 the defendant, Marcelo Cervantes, appeals from the judgment of conviction ... More...
$0 (03-27-2017 - CT)<b>STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CHARLES BRYANT, JR., </b>
Certain core principles underpin our search and seizure <br> jurisprudence. Individual privacy rights, especially in the <br> home, are among the most protected. As Justice Robert L. <br> Clifford wrote for the Court, “we are not dealing with a mere <br> formality but with an underlying great constitutional principle <br> embraced by free men and expressed in substantially identical <br> langu... More...
$0 (11-23-2016 - CT)STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. PHIL KINCH
This case involves an investigatory stop of a motor vehicle. The defendant, Phil Kinch, appeals from the judgments of conviction, rendered after jury trials, of possession of narcotics with intent to sell by a person who is not drug-dependent in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278 (b) and failure to appearinthefirstdegreeinviolationofGeneralStatutes § 53a-172 (a) (1). On appeal, the defenda... More...
$0 (08-29-2016 - CT)STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JOHN PANEK
This case concerns the ultimate facts that the state must plead and prove to convict a defendant of voyeurism under General Statutes § 53a-189a, Connecticut’s video voyeurism statute.1 Section 53a189a was enacted by the legislature in 1999, and it now provides in relevant part: ‘‘(a) A person is guilty of voyeurism when, (1) with malice, such person knowingly photographs, films, videotapes... More...
$0 (07-15-2016 - CT)STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. DONALD SATURNO
The defendant, Donald Saturno, appeals from the judgments of conviction rendered by the trial court following his conditional pleas of nolo contendere, pursuant to General Statutes § 54-94a,1 to onecountofmanufacturingabombinviolationofGeneral Statutes § 53-80a and one count of possession of child pornography in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-196d (a) (1). The defendant... More...
$0 (07-15-2016 - CT)STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. MARK BANKS
In this certified appeal1 we consider whether the Appellate Court properly resolved a series of claims that the defendant, Mark Banks, raises in connection with General Statutes (Rev. to 2009) § 54102g,2 which authorizes the Commissioner of CorrectiontocollectDNAsamplesfromcurrentlyincarcerated felons in order to maintain a DNA data bank to assist in criminal investigations. The defendant appeal... More...
$0 (07-09-2016 - CT)United States v. Ganias
In August 2003, agents of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division <br> (“Army CID”) received an anonymous tip that Industrial Property Management <br> (“IPM”), a company providing security for and otherwise maintaining a <br> government-owned property in Stratford, Connecticut, pursuant to an Army <br> contract, had engaged in misconduct in connection with that work. In particular, ... More...
$0 (05-30-2016 - CT)STATE CONNECTICUT v. EFRAIN JOHNSON
.Thedefendant,EfrainJohnson,appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c and one count of kidnapping in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a92 (a) (2) (A) for his participation in events that led to the death of the victim, Tina Johnson.1 On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) t... More...
$0 (05-07-2016 - CT)STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. CHYWON WRIGHT
The defendant in these certified appeals, Chywon Wright, was convicted of various crimes stemming from his involvement in a sexual assault that occurred on November 1, 2008. On that date, ‘‘the victim1 accompanied Bryan Fuller, a member of a street gang, to a vacant second floor apartment at 19 Taylor Street in [the city of] Waterbury. The victim went to the apartment expecting Fuller to pay h... More...
$0 (04-11-2016 - CT)STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. TYRONE LAWRENCE KELLEY
.Thedefendant,TyroneLawrenceKelley, appeals from the judgment of the trial court revoking his probation and committing him to the custody of the commissioner of correction for five years. His principal claim is that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the probation revocation proceeding. The defendant also argues, in the alternative, that the courtabuseditsdiscretioninsentencinghim.W... More...
$0 (03-22-2016 - CT)United States of America v. Marlon Patterson aka Head
Danbury Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Home Invasions<br> <br> Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARLON PATTERSON, also known as “Head,” 32, of Danbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 192 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for orchestr... More...
$0 (03-10-2016 - CT)STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JOHN MAIETTA
The defendant, John Maietta, appeals from the trial court’s finding that he violated his probation pursuant to General Statutes § 53a-32. On appeal thedefendantarguesthat:(1)thetrialcourtimproperly admitted evidence obtained in violation of the fourth andfourteenthamendmentstotheUnitedStatesconstitution and the separation of powers doctrine; (2) the evidence is insufficient to demonstrate that... More...
$0 (03-07-2016 - CT)STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. EDWIN NJOKU
The defendant, Edwin Njoku, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered following a jury trial, of sexual assault in the fourth degree in violation of General Statutes 53a-73a (a) (2) and tampering with a witness in violation of General Statutes § 53a-151 (a). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court erredin(1)denyinghismotionforajudgmentofacquittalonthechargeoftamperingwithawi... More...
$0 (02-05-2016 - CT)State Of Connecticut v. Shelvonn Jones
The state and the defendant, Shelvonn<br> Jones, appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court,<br> which reversed the judgment of conviction, rendered<br> after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree in<br> violation of General Statutes § 53a-60 (a) (2). See State<br> v. Jones, 139 Conn. App. 469, 470, 487, 56 A.3d 724<br> (2012). The state claims that the Appellate Court<br> improperly... More...
$0 (12-14-2015 - CT)State Of Connecticut v. Santiago
Defendant was found guilty of capital felony and sentenced to death. While Defendant’s appeal was pending, the legislature passed Public Act 12-5, which repealed the death penalty for all crimes committed on or after April 25, 2012. On June 12, 2012, the Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s judgment of conviction but reversed his death sentence and remanded for a new penalty phase hearing, concl... More...
$0 (11-30-2015 - CT)Poirier V. Blue Seal at Taft Corner, Inc.
The evidence presented to the court is that the veterinarian cannot say that it is <br> more likely than not that the horse either became ill or died because of eating the new <br> feed. Given that, it would be pure speculation to conclude that the illness or death were <br> related to the feed. It would also be highly prejudicial to Defendant for the jury to hear <br> about the death. The motion ... More...
$0 (11-27-2015 - CT)United States of America v. Lamar Jones
New Haven, CT - New Haven Crack Dealer Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison<br> <br> Lamar Jones, also known as “Cream,” 31, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.<br> <br> According to court documents and statements made in court,... More...
$0 (08-04-2015 - CT)James Briggs v. Roderick Bremby
11 Plaintiff James Briggs brings this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the<br> 12 Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Social Services (“DSS”) to enforce the<br> 13 Food Stamp Act’s time limits for awarding food stamp benefits. 7 U.S.C. § 2020(e)(3) and<br> 14 (9) provide that participating states shall give such benefits within 30 days of application to<br> 15 eligible househo... More...
$0 (07-06-2015 - CT)Jacob Doe v. Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation
A jury found that the defendant, the<br> Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation, acted<br> negligently and recklessly when it assigned Father Ivan<br> Ferguson, an alcoholic whose admitted acts of child<br> molestation were understood to be linked to his drinking,<br> to serve as the director of Saint Mary's Elementary<br> School in Derby (Saint Mary's School), where he sexually<br> abused t... More...
$0 (06-27-2015 - CT)United States of America v. Larry Mathews
Hartford, CT - Larry Mathews, 34, of Pawcatuck, Conn., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to three years of probation for stealing personal information from hundreds of computers and personal electronic devices that had been brought to him for repair. Judge Chatigny also ordered that MATHEWS must spend the first four months of his probation on a 7:00 p.m. t... More...
$0 (03-03-2015 - CT)United States of America v. Jesse Kaplan
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JESSE KAPLAN, 31, formerly of Naugatuck, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally obtaining and distributing prescription narcotics.<br> <br> According to court documents and stateme... More...
$0 (11-18-2014 - Ct)United States of America v. Stavros M. Ganias
In this case, defendant-appellant Stavros M. Ganias appeals from a judgment convicting him, following a jury trial, of tax evasion. He challenges the conviction on the grounds that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when the Government copied three of his computer hard drives pursuant to a search warrant and then retained files beyond the scope of the warrant for more than two-and-a-half ye... More...
$0 (06-17-2014 - CT)State of Connecticut v. Donald H.G.
The defendant, Donald H. G., appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered by the trial court following a jury trial, of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (2), sexual assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-72a (a) (1) (A), and three counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53- 21 (... More...
$0 (02-24-2014 - CT)State of Connecticut v. Hector M.
The defendant, Hector M., appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a trial to the court, of two counts of sexual assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) (1), two counts of sexual assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-72a (a) (2), two counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (... More...
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