Articles Posted in Brooklyn

In a case, it is alleged that on or about March 12, 2005, at about 5:00 PM, at x New York, Nassau County, State of New York, the respondent engaged in conduct, which if engaged in by a person sixteen (16) years of age or older, would constitute the crimes of Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree, in violation of Penal Law §130.50(3), a class B Felony; Attempted Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree, in violation of Penal Law §§110/130.50.(3), a class C Felony; Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, in violation of Penal Law §130.65(3), a class D Felony; Attempted Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, in violation of Penal Law §§110/130.65(3), a class E Felony; and Endangering the Welfare of a Child, in violation of Penal Law § 260.10(1), a class A Misdemeanor.

A Nassau County family lawyer said that the respondent engaged and/or attempted to engage in oral sexual conduct with another person who is less than eleven years old; in that respondent put his mouth on the complainant’s penis. The complainant is six years old.

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In this family case, the plaintiff in this action seeks to recover damages for medical malpractice and lack of informed consent. She underwent gastric bypass surgery at a hospital by the defendant doctor on July 23, 2008 and she was discharged on July 28, 2008. On the morning of July 29, 2008, she was transported to another hospital via ambulance because she was suffering from severe abdominal pain. She was treated there for eight hours. While there, she was examined and tests were conducted including a CT scan of her abdomen.

A bariatric surgeon conducted a surgical consult via telephone. His primary differential diagnosis included post-operative pain along with anxiety of recent surgery, some form of intra-abdominal process, infection or inflammation. The possibility of an anastomotic leak was also considered.

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The plaintiff is an experienced police informant, met the defendant towards the end of December, 1997 when they were both incarcerated at the Nassau County Jail. At the time that they met, the police informant was charged with the felony of scheme to defraud in the first degree and misdemeanor criminal contempt charges. The two men became friends in the correctional institution, and in March of 1998 defendant confided to him that he had secreted monies from his mother’s estate. Defendant told him in substance that he had been held in contempt by the Surrogate for withholding estate monies for which he had not made a proper accounting to the court. Defendant also indicated that he was represented by counsel in connection with the civil contempt proceeding. Defendant stated that he considered his brothers to be partially responsible for his incarceration, that he hated both of his brothers, and that he wanted to have one of his brothers killed. Defendant also expressed a desire to harm the Surrogate. Finally, defendant spoke of a woman to whom he had entrusted $45,000 who had squandered the money. He was concerned about this woman because she was in possession of certain documents of his which would prove damaging if they were obtained by the IRS. The police informant told defendant that he knew someone who could “take care” of his brother for him.

On March 18, 1998 the police informant wrote a letter to Surrogate informing him of defendant’s intentions and offering to be of assistance to law enforcement. Surrogate forwarded the letter to the Nassau County District Attorney’s office. In response to defendant’s letter, ADA and the investigator of the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office arranged to meet with him on March 24. At the meeting Ms. Meister questioned Miller about the matters mentioned in his letter to Surrogate took notes, and told him she would get back to him shortly as to whether he would be accepted for cooperation with the District Attorney’s office. On June 3, defendant again met with the police informant and stated that he wanted to “rearrange” the hit and to have the police informant contact and act as “the middleman.” Defendant also indicated that he had a $2,000 check which was available as a down payment on the contract. An indictment was filed against defendant on June 11, 1998.

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On the face of it, these are merely two motions by the District Attorney for orders restoring two cases to the Trial Calendar and precluding them from admission to the Operation Midway Program. However, the broader thrust of these applications is the claim by the District Attorney that before the Administrative Judge of the County Court, in the exercise of his discretion, may consider a defendant for Operation Midway, the ‘consent’ of the District Attorney is required.

For a genuine understanding of what is at stake, a history of Operation Midway-type diversion programs is clearly in order. The following background emerges from a scholarly article by a Professor of Law at the University of Chicago and Co-director of the Center for Studies in Criminal Justice, as it appeared in Vol. 41, pp. 224–225, 238, Number 2, Winter 1974 of the University of Chicago Law Review. ‘In 1967 the Vera Institute of Justice established the Manhattan Court Employment Project to divert criminal defendants after their arraignment on felony or misdemeanor charges into a program of group therapy and employment counseling. If a defendant succeeds in a program and obtains a job, his pending criminal charges are dismissed. The goals of this innovative program are eloquently stated in the Vera Institute’s ten year report:

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