May 23, 2013
The Law Offices of Adam Perlmutter scored its latest victory today in People v. M.C. in New York County Criminal Court today, where the jury acquitted our client on all charges: not guilty of Driving while Intoxicated and not guilty of Driving While Ability Impaired. After finding our client not guilty, the jury told us theyRead More >
May 14, 2013
After about 9 months of near silence the NYPD has finally responded to our demands for breathalyzer records. In our last post we wrote that we were hopeful that the NYPD would relent and turn over these records. As their response made clear, they won’t give a single page over without a fight. In fact,Read More >
March 9, 2013
On Thursday, March 7, we appeared our first court appearance in Matter of Law Offices of Adam D. Perlmutter, P.C. v. NYPD. The NYPD missed their deadline to file an answer, and requested another 30 days for their response. Over our objection the NYPD has been given an extension until April 4th to respond. TheRead More >
February 6, 2013
As we mentioned in an our previous post, The Law Offices of Adam Perlmutter is taking action against the NYPD for its refusal to disclose what is really going on with the city’s breathalyzer machines. On January 31st, 2013, we filed our Article 78 Petition, Memo in Support, and related documents in New York StateRead More >
January 23, 2013
Separate and apart from our representation of clients on DWI cases, we have a long-standing interest in government transparency. By that, we mean that we think government agencies should be required to make information available to the general public about their activities and work. New York has a legal mechanism for this disclosure called theRead More >
December 9, 2012
Video technology is a fact of life in today’s modern world. We have our smartphones, TIVOs, DVR recordings, video editing. It ia all at accessible and at our fingertips. Despite the perfusion of these devices in our daily lives, law enforcement has been consistently resistent to any advances that allows us to “watch the watchers.”Read More >
December 5, 2012
An issue has arisen about refusal hearings post-Sandy. The DMV offices at 19 Rector Street have been closed and will remain so due to flooding. Arraignment courts have been suspending licenses for drivers who refuse to take a breath test and sending them to the closed DMV office for refusal hearings. When drivers arrive, theyRead More >
October 25, 2012
Our office prides itself on trial advocacy. We work hard to hone our trial skills, developing trial theories, executing them effectively. This process take a lot of work. But one of the hardest lessons we have had to master is how not to “over try” a case. Trial lawyers often use this term: “over try.”Read More >
October 10, 2012
We are very happy to that Judge Troy Webber has recently ordered a double-blind/sequential lineup in an attempted murder case. Over the objections of the Bronx District Attorney’s Office, Judge Webber directed that the NYPD must use this more accurate testing procedure with a new witness who has come forward 10 months after the defendant’sRead More >
October 4, 2012
A serious issue in defending DWI cases is often an add-on charge of reckless driving under VTL §1212. Reckless driving is an unclassified misdemeanor and can leave a defendant with a criminal record. The crime of reckless driving is defined as “driving or using any motor vehicle…in a manner which unreasonably interferes with the freeRead More >
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