New York Criminal Law Attorney

CASE SUMMARIES:

In the Matter of C.M. Attorney-at-Law

C.M., a New York lawyer, discovered that his partner had stolen over a half million dollars in escrow funds from the firm's trust account, which he and his partner maintained. C.M. retained Jonathan Marks, P.C. to defend him against charges that he had been negligent in his supervision of the trust account. Mr. Marks immediately advised C.M. to file complaints against his partner with the District Attorney's Office and the Departmental Disciplinary Committee. In 2007, after many months of cooperating with those two agencies, C.M.'s partner was suspended from the practice of law and was arrested while C.M. was completely exonerated.

United States v. A.R. (EDNY 2006)

A.R. was arrested in Suffolk County, NY by the Drug Enforcement Administration after he delivered $40,000 in cash to a confidential informant. He was indicted and charged with participating in a conspiracy to distribute 11 kilograms of cocaine. A.R. went to trial in the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. He was facing a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years. The government called a cooperating co-defendant and the confidential informant, both of whom testified that they had narcotics-related conversations with A.R. A DEA agent claimed that he saw A.R. meeting with the confidential informant on two separate occasions. Mr. Marks represented A.R. at trial, presenting the defense that A.R. had no knowledge of the drug deal but, instead, thought that the money was for a construction job and that the confidential informant was a contractor. Based largely on the successful cross-examination of the prosecution witnesses, a jury acquitted A.R. of all charges.

People v, P.Y. (Sup. Ct., Queens County)

P.Y. was charged with the stabbing and killing a man in Queens, NY. Two eyewitnesses testified for the prosecution "positively" identifying P.Y. as the killer. Mr. Marks conducted an investigation in Malaysia in order to establish P.Y.'s defense that, at the time of the murder, he was out of the country. Two witnesses from Malaysia testified for the defense. P.Y. was acquitted of all charges.

People v. A.W. (Sup. Ct, Queens County)

A.W. was indicted with two others and charged with breaking into a house in Queens, NY, tying up two victims, and taking their money and jewelry. Both victims testified for the District Attorney. The prosecution also called a third witness, who claimed that she had persuaded the victims to open the door. On cross-examination by Mr. Marks, that witness admitted that, succumbing to police pressure, she had falsely implicated the defendants. All defendants were acquitted.

United States v. B.C. (N.D.CA)

B.C. was charged in the United States District Court in San Francisco with the international transportation of stolen property. The Government alleged that B.C. had swindled $80,000 in pearls from a dealer in Singapore. Although the pearl dealer was prepared to testify that B.C. had a lock drilled out of a safety deposit box in order to obtain the pearls belonging to the dealer, Mr. Marks negotiated a plea under which B.C. received a sentence of probation.

People v. Allen Lewis

Mr. Marks represented Allen Lewis for Attempted Murder in the notorious Renee Katz case. The jury found Lewis not guilty.

United States v. Mohammed Zayed

New York criminal defense attorney Jonathan Marks represented Mohammed Zayed in the United States District Court in the Eastern District of New York. On January 2003, after an FBI sting operation in Germany, Zayed was arrested and later extradited to the United States to stand trial. He was charged with conspiring to provide material support foreign designated terrorist organizations. The jury found Mohammed Zayed guilty, and Jonathan Marks, P.C. is appealing the conviction.

United States v. A. Rodriguez

Mr. Marks recently won an acquittal in this drug case in the Eastern District of New York. His client, who was facing a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years, was charged with delivering the "buy" money to a confidential informant for an 11 kilogram shipment of cocaine. The informant, a co-defendant and an agent all testified against him. A jury acquitted Mr. Marks's client on all counts.

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