Federal Judiciary

ONE THAT GOT AWAY 
By Mark Thompson
markthomp@yahoo.com
Posted 06-11-08

Bronx County Supreme Court Justice Joseph Fisch is going to have to accept the fact that a previously convicted felon, identified in this case as Allen A, got away with one when he was classified as a “youthful offender” by Justice Robert Straus in a sentencing proceeding in 2002.

At the time, Allen was clearly ineligible for YO status because of his previous conviction. When Allen ended up in Fisch’s court on a probation violation, Fisch sought to rectify that bygone error by overturning Straus’s ruling on grounds of fraud.  

Full post as published by Judicial Reports on June 11, 2008 (boomark / email).