THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent,
v.
JOHN TAYLOR, Appellant.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 10, 2007.
Decided October 23, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kevin M. Doyle, Capital Defender, New York City (Susan H. Salomon and Barry J. Fisher of counsel), for appellant.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens (Gary S. Fidel, John M. Castellano and Donna Aldea of counsel), and New York Prosecutors Training Institute (Susan L. Valle, Debra Whitson and Robert J. Conflitti of counsel), for respondent.
Stephen Greenwald, New York City, for Association of the Bar of the City of New York, amicus curiae.
Theodore M. Shaw, New York City, Jacqueline A. Berrien, Deborah Fins, Miriam Gohara and Christina Swarns for NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and others, amici curiae.
Catherine Abate, New York City, for New Jersey Crime Victims' Law Center, amicus curiae.
Tobin and Dempf LLP, Albany (Michael L. Costello of counsel), for New York Religious Leaders Against the Death Penalty and others, amici curiae.
Connors & Vilardo, LLP, Buffalo (Terrence M. Connors, Vincent E. Doyle III and Jennifer R. Scharf of counsel); Harrington & Mahoney (James P. Harrington and Mark J. Mahoney of counsel); Hodgson Russ LLP (Joseph V. Sedita of counsel); David Gerald Jay; Personius Melber, LLP (Rodney O. Personius of counsel); Rosenthal, Siegel, Muenkel & Meyers, LLP (Cheryl Meyers Buth of counsel); J. Glenn Davis; LoTempio & Brown, P.C. (Patrick J. Brown of counsel); Daniel B. Boeck, Frank Bogulski, Wesley M. Brown, Blasdell, James M. Byrnes, Rochester, E. Carey Cantwell, Buffalo; Law Office of A. Joseph Catalano, Niagara Falls (A. Joseph Catalano of counsel); Law Offices of John Trigilio, Buffalo (Elizabeth J. Ciambrone of counsel); Robert N. Convissar, Paul G. Dell, Thomas C. Farley, Derby, Noemi Fernandez-Hiltz, Buffalo, Philip S. Glickman, Rochester, Robert M. Goldstein, Buffalo, Thomas N. Graziani, Williamsville, Sean Dennis Hill, Buffalo, Alan S. Hoffman, Paul V. Hurley, East Aurora, John Keavey, Buffalo, James E. Kerrigan, Ithaca, Karen A. Korkuk, Buffalo, Judith M. Kubiniec, Amy L. Lupiani, Paul D. MacAulay, Rochester, John C. Putney, Mount Morris, Center for Community Alternatives, Syracuse (Alan Rosenthal of counsel); Timothy A. Roulan, Old Forge, Michael J. Stachowski, Buffalo, Lipsitz, Green, Scime & Cambria, LLP (Michael P. Stuermer of counsel); Michael J. Tallon, Rochester, Donald M. Thompson, Nelson S. Torre, Buffalo; and Zdarsky Sawicki & Agostinelli (Gerald T. Walsh of counsel), for Terrence M. Connors and others amici curiae.
Kent S. Scheidegger, Sacramento, California, for Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, amicus curiae.
Chief Judge KAYE and Judge JONES concur with Judge CIPARICK; Judge SMITH concurs in result in a separate opinion; Judge READ dissents in another opinion in which Judges GRAFFEO and PIGOTT concur.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.
OPINION OF THE COURT
CIPARICK, J.
Three years ago, in People v LaValle (3 N.Y.3d 88 [2004]), we held that the jury deadlock instruction under CPL 400.27 violates our State Constitution. Because a deadlock instruction is both essential to a death penalty statute and necessary to conform with principles of due process, we were compelled to invalidate the entire sentencing...
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