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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 34

25 N.Y.3d 185 (2015)

31 N.E.3d 103

8 N.Y.S.3d 641

2015 NY Slip Op 02866

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. PAUL WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided April 7, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hiscock Legal Aid Society, Syracuse ( Piotr Banasiak of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Fitzpatrick , District Attorney, Syracuse ( James P. Maxwell and Misha A. Coulson of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges READ, RIVERA and STEIN concur; Judge ABDUS-SALAAM dissents in an opinion in which Judge PIGOTT concurs.

OPINION OF THE COURT

This appeal concerns the People's references in their case-in-chief to defendant's selective silence during custodial interrogation, after defendant had waived his Miranda rights and agreed to speak to the police. We hold, as a matter of state evidentiary...

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