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PEOPLE v. ASSI

63 A.D.3d 19 (2009)

877 N.Y.S.2d 231

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MAZIN ASSI, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided March 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City (Jan Hoth of counsel), for appellant.

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Peter D. Coddington of counsel), for respondent.

Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York City (David M. Raim, Deborah R. Cohen and Steven M. Freeman of counsel), for amicus curiae.

TOM, J.P., MOSKOWITZ and FREEDMAN, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ACOSTA, J.

In this appeal we are required to examine the Hate Crimes Act of 2000,1 including the effective date of the legislation and whether to limit prosecutions under the Act to crimes committed against an actual person rather than against a building, such as a synagogue.

At about 10 o'clock on Saturday night, October 7, 2000 (the day before the...

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