Thread: NY-Court reverses dismissal of unlicensed driving charge

Court reverses dismissal of unlicensed drivingcharge ann.givens@newsday.com
9:43 PM EDT, May 8, 2009
BY ANN GIVENS


An appellate court has reversed a Westbury Village justice's decision to throw out a charge against a man accused of driving without a license, because the justice raised issues that the man's own lawyer didn't raise.

In December 2007, Village Justice Thomas Liotti issued a decision dismissing a charge of unlicensed driving against Rafael Quiroga Puma, 22, suggesting that Puma could not get a license because he is an illegal immigrant. Liotti went on to say that the state code on unlicensed driving is unconstitutional because it does not allow illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses.

But an appellate decision released this week said that lawyers in the case had not presented any evidence to show that Puma, who had three prior convictions for unlicensed driving, was an illegal immigrant or that he had ever applied for a driver's license.

The decision also said that even if Puma had established that he had standing to challenge the constitutionality of the Department of Motor Vehicles' policy of not giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, Liotti should have notified state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office and given it a chance to respond to the issue.



Liotti said he was prohibited from commenting on the decision except to say that he "respectfully disagrees with the decision, but must follow the higher court's ruling."

Westbury Village Prosecutor Dwight Kreamer said he agrees with the appellate court decision. He said Liotti did not hear evidence from him or from Puma's defense attorney, Bertram Jorisch of Jericho, before rendering his decision.

Jorisch could not be reached for comment Friday.

The case will now return to the Westbury Village Court, lawyers said. Kreamer said he expects that the parties will reach a plea agreement.


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Driving is a privilege, not a right! Licenses can be taken away or suspended for US citizens as well. But since this guy is illegal, I suppose he feels himself more worthy than legal immigrants and citizens.

The first entry is from the website of "Law Offices of Thomas F. Loiotti"
http://www.tliotti.com/reportedjudicialdecisions.htm

Justice Loiotti is an ELECTED official (please see below).
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http://www.tliotti.com/contact.htm

People v. Rafael Quiroga-Puma, 2007 NYSlipOp 27527 ____ Misc. 3d ____ (2007). See Bill Sanderson, Judge Gives Alien Pass On License, New York Post, December 21, 2007 at 19; Laura Rivera, LI Judge Enters The License Debate, Newsday, December 22, 2007 at A8; Editorial, Judge Liotti Legislates, New York Post, December 26, 2007 at 30; Peter Sloggat, Decision Reignites Debate On Licenses For Illegal Immigrants, Westbury Village Justice Declares State Requirements Unconstitutional, The Attorney of Nassau County, December, 2007 at 1 and 2; The Roundtable, a publication of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers, published an article about this decision in their January, 2008 edition; Francisco Manrique, No Dar Licencias Es Discriminacion, “Es Inconstitucional No Darle Licencia A Indocumentados,â€

"the state code on unlicensed driving is unconstitutional because it does not allow IA's to get a license"

Is this guy for real? I suppose if we restrict giving pilots licenses to terrorists that's unconstitutional also. What a maroon. I guess we can't restrixt anything w/o being unconstitutional.

Village Justice?! More like village idiot if you ask me. Hey New York, one of your villages has too many idiots and not enough justice!

"In December 2007, Village Justice Thomas Liotti issued a decision dismissing a charge of unlicensed driving against Rafael Quiroga Puma, 22, suggesting that Puma could not get a license because he is an illegal immigrant. Liotti went on to say that the state code on unlicensed driving is unconstitutional because it does not allow illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses".


So that corrupt third world drug cartel member posing as a justice justifies someone driving without a license endangering innocent Americans by saying he wasn't allowed to have a license because he was illegally in this country. What have we come to? We are a lawless corrupt third world country because of the never ending invasion of those from lawless corrupt third world cesspools who have brought those values with them supported by this third world mob, union and drug cartel owned and run administration, congress, ACLU, law enforcement and other agencies. We are doomed......