HURRELL-HARRING v. STATE OF NEW YORK

509581.

81 A.D.3d 69 (2011)

914 N.Y.S.2d 367

KIMBERLY HURRELL-HARRING et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. STATE OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents.

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

Decided January 6, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schulte, Roth & Zabel, L.L.P., New York City ( Kristie M. Blase of counsel) and Corey Stoughton , New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City, for appellants.

Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General, Albany ( Victor Paladino of counsel), for State of New York and another, respondents.

Gordon J. Cuffy , County Attorney, Syracuse ( Michael P. McCarthy of counsel); John W. Park , County Attorney, Canandaigua ( Michael G. Reinhardt of counsel); James P. Coleman , County Attorney, Watkins Glen ( Dennis J. Morris of counsel); Christine Malafi , County Attorney, Hauppauge ( Leonard G. Kapsalis of counsel); FitzGerald, Morris, Baker & Firth, P.C., Glens Falls ( William A. Scott of counsel), for County of Onondaga and others, respondents.

ROSE, MALONE JR. and GARRY, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PETERS, J.P.

Plaintiffs, who at the time had criminal charges pending against them in defendants Onondaga, Ontario, Schuyler, Suffolk and Washington Counties (hereinafter collectively referred to as the counties), commenced this putative class action alleging that the current system of public defense is systemically deficient and poses a grave risk that indigent criminal defendants are being or will be denied their constitutional right...

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