PEOPLE v. COLLINS

8077/2010

49 Misc.3d 595 (2015)

15 N.Y.S.3d 564

2015 NY Slip Op 25227

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. JAQUAN COLLINS, Defendant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. ANDREW PEAKS, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Kings County.

July 2, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seymour W. James, Jr. , The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn ( Karen Faraguna of counsel), and Seymour W. James, Jr. , The Legal Aid Society, New York City ( Jessica Goldthwaite , Clinton Hughes , Susan Friedman and Daniel Ades of counsel), for defendant in the first above-entitled action.

Kenneth P. Thompson , District Attorney, Brooklyn ( Alfred DeIngeniis and Kyle C. Reeves of counsel), for plaintiff in the first above-entitled action.

Seymour W. James, Jr. , The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn ( Susan Morris of counsel), and Seymour W. James, Jr. , The Legal Aid Society, New York City ( Jessica Goldthwaite , Clinton Hughes , Susan Friedman and Daniel Ades of counsel), for defendant in the second above-entitled action.

Kenneth P Thompson , District Attorney, Brooklyn ( Elizabeth Doerfler and Kyle C. Reeves of counsel), for plaintiff in the second above-entitled action.


OPINION OF THE COURT

In these unrelated cases, defendants Collins and Peaks face violent felony charges. What the cases have in common is that the People applied to introduce DNA evidence at each defendant's trial.

In defendant Collins' case, the People obtained...

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