The second episode of “Law Talk with Peter Tilem and Peter Tilem” aired last night and was a great success. The topics last night included prosecutorial and judicial misconduct, the role of the prosecutor and a little bit more about DWAI (Driving While Ability Impaired by Alcohol) in New York.…
We’ve all heard it a thousand times on T.V. and in the movies, “You have the right to remain silent ….” But unfortunately, many people who are arrested make statements to the police and/or prosecutors in an effort to exonerate themselves. Most times, those statements actually hurt the defendant. Other…
New York Criminal Defense lawyers Peter H. Tilem and Peter Tilem completed their first radio show broadcast live over internet radio earlier this evening on the Centanni Broadcasting Network. The topic of the show was the severe penalties for DWI and Gun cases in New York. The shows are archived…
New York criminal defense firm Tilem & Campbell won a dismissal earlier today in another Bronx gun case. The case, started with the arrest of the client in December 2009 after a dispute with her roommate. The roommate notified the landlord, an off duty NYPD detective that her roommate had…
Tilem & Campbell is pleased to announce that Senior Partner Peter H. Tilem, Esq. has earned the highest rating from lawyer rating service AVVO. Peter Tilem earned the maximum rating of 5 out of 5 in each of the rating categories which include experience, industry recognition and professional conduct and…
In our May 24, 2009 blog entitled “New York City Bans Items that are Common and Lawful Most Other Places in New York State and in the Country” we detailed a long laundry list of items that are illegal in New York City, all of which are defined in the…
Rod Blagojevich was the lasted in a line of high profile people to be convicted of lying to law enforcement even though juries fail to convict them of the underlying crime. In the latest case former Illinois governor Blagojevich was convicted of lying to the FBI even though a federal…
As we have previously reported in our May 7, 2009, January 18, 2010 and July 26, 2010 blogs, the installation of ignition interlock devices will be come mandatory on all Driving While Intoxicated convictions effective tomorrow, August 15, 2010. These devices are expensive to install, require monthly monitoring and can…
New York criminal defense law firm, Tilem & Campbell scored a major victory on a Rockland County Assault case when an Orangetown Judge dismissed the case after a suppression and probable cause hearing. The defendant had been charged with Assault in the Third Degree based upon an altercation that occurred…
An issue that comes up very frequently in New York criminal cases is “when may the police properly stop a vehicle”? The intuition or hunch of an officer, even if it thereafter turns out to be correct, cannot justify a stop. Absent at least a reasonable suspicion that its occupants…