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NYS Penal Law Definition of the Week - January 2, 2012♦ "Offense" means conduct for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment or to a fine is provided by any law of this state or by any law, local law or ordinance of a political subdivision of this state, or by any order, rule or regulation of any governmental instrumentality authorized by law to adopt the same.
NYS Penal Law Definitions of the Week - January 9, 2012
♦ "Violation" means an offense, other than a "traffic infraction, " for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment in excess of fifteen days cannot be imposed.
♦ "Misdemeanor" means an offense, other than a "traffic infraction, " for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment in excess of fifteen days may be imposed, but for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment in excess of one year cannot be imposed.
♦ "Felony" means an offense for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment in excess of one year may be imposed.
♦ "Crime" means a misdemeanor or a felony.
NYS Penal Law Definition of the Week - January 16, 2012
♦ "Larceny" A person steals property and commits larceny when, with intent to deprive another of property or to appropriate the same to himself or to a third person, he wrongfully takes, obtains or withholds such property from an owner thereof. (read more)
NYS Penal Law Definitions of the Week - January 23, 2012
♦ "Physical injury" means impairment of physical condition or substantial pain.
♦ "Serious physical injury" means physical injury which creates a substantial risk of death, or which causes death or serious and protracted disfigurement, protracted impairment of health or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ.(read more)
NYS Penal Law Definition of the Week - January 30, 2012
♦ "Deadly weapon" means any loaded weapon from which a shot, readily capable of producing death or other serious physical injury, may be discharged, or a switchblade knife, gravity knife, pilum ballistic knife, metal knuckle knife, dagger, billy, blackjack, plastic knuckles, or metal knuckles. (read more)
NYS Penal Law Definition of the Week - February 06, 2012
♦ "Deadly physical force" means physical force which, under the circumstances in which it is used, is readily capable of causing death or other serious physical injury. (read more)
NYS Penal Law Definition of the Week - February 13, 2012
♦ "Robbery" Robbery is forcible stealing. A person forcibly steals property and commits robbery when, in the course of committing a larceny, he uses or threatens the immediate use of physical force upon another person for the purpose of:
1. Preventing or overcoming resistance to the taking of the property or to the retention thereof immediately after the taking; or
2. Compelling the owner of such property or another person to deliver up the property or to engage in other conduct which aids in the commission of the larceny. (read more)
NYS Penal Law Definition of the Week - February 20, 2012
♦ "Trespass" A person is guilty of trespass when he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in or upon premises. (read more)
NYS Penal Law Definitions of the Week - February 27, 2012
♦ "Dwelling" means a building which is usually occupied by a person lodging therein at night.
♦ "Night" means the period between thirty minutes after sunset and thirty minutes before sunrise. (read more)
NYS Penal Law Definitions of the Week - March 5, 2012
♦ "Premises" includes the term "building," as defined herein, and any real property.
♦ "Building" in addition to its ordinary meaning, includes any structure, vehicle or watercraft used for overnight lodging of persons, or used by persons for carrying on business therein, or used as an elementary or secondary school, or an inclosed motor truck, or an inclosed motor truck trailer. (read more)
NYS Penal Law Definition of the Week - March 12, 2012
♦ "Enter or remain unlawfully" A person is guilty of burglary in the third degree when he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building with intent to commit a crime therein. (read more)
NYS Penal Law Definition of the Week - March 19, 2012
♦ "Burglary" A person is guilty of burglary in the third degree when he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building with intent to commit a crime therein. (read more)
NYS Penal Law Definition of the Week - March 26, 2012
♦ "Dangerous Instrument" means any instrument, article or substance, including a "vehicle", which, under the circumstances in which it is used, attempted to be used or threatened to be used, is readily capable of causing death or other serious physical injury. (read more)
NYS Penal Law Definition of the Week - April 2, 2012
♦ "Petit Larceny" A person is guilty of petit larceny when he steals property. (read more)
NYS Penal Law Definition of the Week - April 9, 2012
Forgery ♦ "Written instrument" means any instrument or article, including computer data or a computer program, containing written or printed matter or the equivalent thereof, used for the purpose of reciting, embodying, conveying or recording information, or constituting a symbol or evidence of value, right, privilege or identification, which is capable of being used to the advantage or disadvantage of some person. (read more)
NYS Penal Law Definition of the Week - April 16, 2012
♦ "Graffiti" shall mean the etching, painting, covering, drawing upon or otherwise placing of a mark upon public or private property with intent to damage such property. (read more)
NYS Criminal Procedure Law Definition of the Week - April 23, 2012
♦ "Warrant of Arrest" A warrant of arrest is a process issued by a local criminal court directing a police officer to arrest a defendant designated in an accusatory instrument filed with such court and to bring him before such court in connection with such instrument. The sole function of a warrant of arrest is to achieve a defendant`s court appearance in a criminal action for the purpose of arraignment upon the accusatory instrument by which such action was commenced. (read more)
NYS Criminal Procedure Law Definition of the Week - April 30, 2012
♦ "Appearance Ticket" An appearance ticket is a written notice issued and subscribed by a police officer or other public servant authorized by state law or local law enacted pursuant to the provisions of the municipal home rule law to issue the same, directing a designated person to appear in a designated local criminal court at a designated future time in connection with his alleged commission of a designated offense...(read more)
NYS Penal Law Definition of the Week - May 7, 2012
♦ "Public Place" means a place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access, and includes, but is not limited to, highways, transportation facilities, schools, places of amusement, parks, playgrounds, and hallways, lobbies and other portions of apartment houses and hotels not constituting rooms or apartments designed for actual residence.(read more)
NYS Penal Law Definition of the Week - May 14, 2012
♦ "Harassment" A person is guilty of harassment in the first degree when he or she intentionally and repeatedly harasses another person by following such person in or about a public place or places or by engaging in a course of conduct or by repeatedly committing acts which places such person in reasonable fear of physical injury...(read more)