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PEOPLE v. ASSI

No. 34

14 N.Y.3d 335 (2010)

928 N.E.2d 388

902 N.Y.S.2d 6

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

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided March 30, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Chadbourne & Parke LLP, Washington, D.C. ( David M. Raim , Philip J. Goodman and Kate McSweeny of counsel), Deborah R. Cohen , New York City, Steven M. Freeman , Robert O. Trestan and Michael Lieberman for Anti-Defamation League, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GRAFFEO, J.

This case requires us to determine when the Hate Crimes Act of 2000 (L 2000, ch 107) took effect and whether it applies to certain property crimes, such as an attempted arson at a Jewish synagogue.

The term "hate crimes" refers to criminal acts against "victims [who] are intentionally selected, in whole or in part, because of their race, color, national origin, ancestry...

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