BY ROBERT GAVIN Staff writer

Published 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, June 8, 2011

ALBANY -- A woman whose conviction of felony assault for kicking an Albany police officer in 2009 was overturned last week was released Tuesday on $30,000 bail.

The New York State Court of Appeals has granted leave to appeal in the case of People v. Alicia Lewie.  In November 2009, Matthew C. Hug, secured a reversal of one of two manslaughter in the second degree convictions before the New York State Appellate Division, Third Department.

March 24, 2009: Matthew C. Hug, argued the case of People v. Scott Weaver, before the New York State Court of Appeals (NY's highest court).

The issue: whether the government must get a warrant before tracking New Yorker's with a GPS tracking device secretely affixed to their motor vehicle. Given the import of this decision on the lives of all New Yorker's the Court of Appeals has posted the video of oral argument on their webpage.

The case was also widely reported in New York and as far away as the Seattle Post Intelligencer. A decision is expected soon.

February 19, 2009: Matthew C. Hug, secures a complete reversal of conviction for an individual convicted before an Albany County jury and thereafter sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Matthew C. Hug publishes a weekly blog highlighting an important or interesting decision from the appellate courts of the State of New York.

http://newyorkappeals.blogspot.com/

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