Promised prison sentences are not forever from judges. All it takes is for the defendant or his/her lawyer to say, “No.”

Well, acting state Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bartlett got to say, the “court’s promised sentence revoked” several times this morning during her weekly calendar of cases.

Usually, a promised sentence is a bit less in years [...]

Victor Dempsey today got A 24-hour reprieve from learning if Judge Catherine Bartlett found him guilty of first-degree gang assault stemming from an attack on rival street gang members in December at a Spring Valley apartment building.

Bartlett, an acting state Supreme Court judge, had set today for her verdict announcement, after putting it off [...]

Acting state Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bartlett today delayed releasing her verdict on a felony gang assault charge against Victor Dempsey, who is accused taking part in a brawl during which a rival gang member suffered 150 stitches across his face and other injuries.

Victor Dempsey

Bartlett rescheduled her verdict announcement for Sept. 1 during her calendar [...]

Days after being arrested, a Monsey couple has dumped the two lawyers hired to defend them against charges of welfare fraud and fraudulently obtaining federal rent subsidies to live in their house that’s appraised at $1.4 million.

John Edwards and David Goldstein – two of the county’s most prominent defense lawyers – got the heave-ho [...]

Murderer Belton Brims has lost a bid to vacate his New York prison sentence of 75 years to life for killing Arnold and Elaine Sohn in 1980 and escaping from the then-delapidated county jail in New City.

Acting state Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bartlett denied Brims’ bid for a new hearing, siding with the Rockland [...]

This week is honor your probation officer in Rockland County. Well, if you’re lucky enough not to have such a close relationship with a probation officer, then join the county executive in honoring the work done by probation officers.

The Rockland County Probation Department is taking part in New York State’s Probation, Parole & Community Supervision [...]

Rockland County Court Judge Victor Alfieri always enjoyed holding court in Orange County – on a temporary basis. He’d handle trials in Middletown and Goshen, helping ease court calendars.

Now, the Rockland jurist will be heading north into Orange County on a daily basis. He has been assigned to hear state Supreme Court cases for the [...]

UPDATE:
A 12-member Rockland County Court jury and one alternate have been chosen to determine if Ariste Adonis of Spring Valley raped a 14-year-old girl.
The trial is scheduled to start tomorrow before Judge Victor Alfieri, with opening statements and prosecution witnesses.
Prosecutor Arthur Ferarro said his case will offer several witnesses and could end Wednesday, [...]

A state Appellate Division panel has ruled that acting state Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bartlett can oversee the sexual abuse trial involving Monsey businessman Zalman Silber and fired Ramapo police officer Andrew Dale.
The Appellate Division rejected District Attorney’s Office’s contention  Bartlett had actually recused herself.
Now, all that’s left is for Bartlett to schedule a trial [...]

Written atop the judge’s calendar of cases today was a blast from Rockland’s homicidal past – Belton Lee Brims. Next to the notorious criminal’s name were the words “vacate judgment.”

Brims currently is finishing out a New Jersey prison sentence of 35 years for robbing a supermarket with a shotgun. He could be released  by New [...]