PEOPLE v. BRATHWAITE


11 Misc.3d 918 (2006)

816 N.Y.S.2d 331

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. MITCHELL BRATHWAITE, Defendant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. KASI PEARSON, Defendant.

Criminal Court of the City of New York, Kings County.

February 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney (Natalie Pagano of counsel), for plaintiff.

Legal Aid Society (Julie Fry and Lorie Dick of counsel), for defendants.


OPINION OF THE COURT

JOHN H. WILSON, J.

Preliminary Statement

These two matters present this court with an issue of first impression: Where a disabled defendant is prepared to perform community service as his or her alternative sentence, what efforts must be made by the Kings County District Attorney to reasonably accommodate such a defendant?

Procedural History

(A) Mitchell...

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