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Tuesday, December 11, 2012  New York's highest court says street gangsters that commit assaults and murders are not terrorists under the statute enacted after hijackers crashed jets into the World Trade Center on 9/11.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  New York's top court will not hear a challenge to the state's 2011 law legalizing same-sex marriage, ending the most prominent objection to the law.

Friday, October 19, 2012  A federal appeals court in Manhattan has rejected claims by Onondaga Nation that it is entitled to land stretching through Syracuse and down the middle of New York state.

Sunday, July 08, 2012  After being convicted of raping a 76-year-old woman and sentenced to 97 years in prison last July, Vincent Torres was granted a new trial by State Supreme Court Justices on Saturday.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  New York's top court says the saliva of an HIV-infected man who bit a police officer doesn't constitute a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument under state law.

Thursday, May 10, 2012  New York's top court says simply viewing child pornography online does not constitute either criminal possession or procurement under state penal law.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012  Town of Sullivan neighbors expressing worries about increased traffic, noise and safety if plans for a proposed quarry on Quarry Road goes through.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011  The legal fight continues over a Cayuga County man accused of attacking two workers at an Auburn prison.

Friday, October 21, 2011  A federal appeals court panel says a tax dispute between the Oneida Indian Nation and two upstate New York counties is no longer a federal matter, but could be fought in state courts.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010  New York's top court has rejected prosecutors' cases against two Indian-owned convenience stores in central New York for selling tax-free cigarettes.

Thursday, March 25, 2010  The State's highest court will occasionally break away from Albany to hear regionally based cases and give people a first hand look at how this level of the judicial system operates.

Thursday, March 25, 2010  State and county lawyers are telling New York's top court that officials can tax Indian cigarettes and prosecute sellers of untaxed smokes.

Monday, April 27, 2009  New York's top court will consider arguments Tuesday on whether a city's youth curfew meant to curb teen slayings and other street violence violates the rights of youngsters.