Stalking is an often mentioned but rarely understood crime in New York. From media or the news, you probably have an idea what “stalking” someone looks or feels like. To start, all [...]
Stalking in the 4th Degree is when a person intentionally, and for no legitimate purpose, engages in a course of conduct directed at someone, and knows or reasonably should know that the [...]
Stalking charges require an understanding of three very important things: “No legitimate purpose”; “Course of conduct”; and “Know or reasonably should know”. These are critical aspects to any Stalking charge. You may [...]
No legitimate purpose means that you are acting the way you are to hound, frighten, intimidate, or threaten another person. In other words, it is not enough that you were angry, or [...]
We’ve all done something we later regretted. Stalking is not a crime that is meant to capture singular mistakes. There is no set number of times that makes something a “course of [...]
This is arguably the most important part to a Stalking charge. The one thing you can never count on is how another person will feel or react. To be charged with Stalking, [...]
Stalking at this degree builds on many of the same conditions contained in the Stalking in the 4th Degree charge. A charge of Stalking in the 4th Degree becomes a Stalking in [...]
Stalking in the 2nd Degree builds on those circumstances listed above with Stalking in the 3rd Degree. You may be charged with Stalking in the 2nd Degree if: you commit Stalking in [...]
Stalking in the 1st Degree can be committed in two distinct ways. Both require that you are engaged in Stalking in the 3rd Degree, and while doing so: you intentionally or recklessly [...]