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PEOPLE v. PEREZ

Nos. 55, 56, 57, 58.

23 N.Y.3d 89 (2014)

12 N.E.3d 416

989 N.Y.S.2d 418

2014 NY Slip Op 2326

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. REYNALDO PEREZ, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. IVAN CALAFF, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ALEXANDER DOCKERY, Also Known as JOHN HARRIS, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TEOFILO LOPEZ, Also Known as GARCIA LOPEZ, Also Known as ISIDORO GARCIA, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided April 3, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard R. Birnbach , Great Neck, for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Robert T. Johnson , District Attorney, Bronx ( Noah J. Chamoy and Joseph N. Ferdenzi of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Robert S. Dean , Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City ( Claudia Trupp of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( David M. Cohn and David E. A. Crowley of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Robert S. Dean , Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City (Barbara Zolot of counsel), for appellant in the third above-entitled action.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Deborah L. Morse and Gina Mignola of counsel), for respondent in the third above-entitled action.

Alison Wilkey , New York City, for Youth Represent, amicus curiae in the third above-entitled action.

Steven Banks , The Legal Aid Society, New York City ( Kerry Elgarten of counsel), for appellant in the fourth above-entitled action.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( David M. Cohn and Hilary Hassler of counsel), for respondent in the fourth above-entitled action.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SMITH, J.

These four cases involve criminal appeals that were not pursued for more than a decade — in one case more than two decades — after the filing of a notice of appeal. In each case, the Appellate Division dismissed the appeal on the People's motion. We hold that the dismissals in People v Perez, People v Calaff and People v Dockery did not violate defendants...

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