Danny Chun
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2032
Danny Chun is an acting justice of the Kings County Supreme Court, Criminal Term in the 2nd Judicial District of New York. He was appointed to this position in 2005. He has also served on the New York City Criminal Court of Kings County since 1999.[1][2]
Education
Chun is a graduate of the Fordham University School of Law.[1]
Career
Chun began his career in 1987 as an assistant New York County district attorney. He was then appointed to the Kings County Criminal Court in 1999. He was appointed an acting Supreme Court Justice in 2005 and, for a brief time that year, he was assigned to the Kings County Family Court.[1]
Noteworthy cases
Judge Danny Chun sentenced two New York Police Department detectives to five years of probation after they pleaded guilty to official misconduct and bribe receiving. The case came out of a 2017 incident in which the former officers allegedly had sex with a woman in their custody in exchange for her release.[3]
Chun explained his sentencing, saying that while the officers accepted a bribe, the woman in their custody could also be charged with offering a bribe. “In this particular case … the other party offering a bribe could also be charged and could also be guilty of offering a bribe or giving a bribe,” Chun said. "Given that there are criminal activities on both sides, however, there is one critical difference here — both the defendants before me are police officers and police officers are sworn to uphold a higher standard of ethical code, behavior or higher standard, period, than other people engaged in criminal activity.” Chun also questioned the credibility of the officers' accuser.[4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 New York Courts, "Official biography of the Hon. Danny Chun"
- ↑ Kings County Supreme Court Criminal Term judicial directory
- ↑ NBC New York, "Ex-NYPD Detectives to Get Probation for Sex in Police Van With 18-Year-Old Arrestee," August 29, 2019
- ↑ New York Post, "Judge explains no-jail deal for ex-NYPD cops who had sex with suspect," August 29, 2019
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