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PEOPLE v. SALAAM

83 N.Y.2d 51 (1993)

629 N.E.2d 371

607 N.Y.S.2d 899

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Yusef Salaam, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 16, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Kunstler, New York City, and Ronald L. Kuby for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, New York City (Donna Krone and Mark Dwyer of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, HANCOCK, JR., and LEVINE concur with Judge BELLACOSA; Judge TITONE dissents in a separate opinion; Judge SMITH taking no part.

BELLACOSA, J.

A large group of youths participated in a series of violent felony assaults on the night of April 19, 1989 in Central Park. Defendant was prosecuted and convicted after a jury trial for rape and robbery in the first degree, and other crimes, in connection with the most serious crimes which were inflicted on a victim, identified only as "the Central Park jogger". He was sentenced as a juvenile offender...

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