PEOPLE v. MYERS

No. 78.

32 N.Y.3d 18 (2018)

109 N.E.3d 555

84 N.Y.S.3d 406

2018 NY Slip Op 04685

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. STEVEN MYERS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.J. & J.A. Cirando, Esqs., Syracuse ( John A. Cirando , Bradley E. Keem and Elizabeth deV. Moeller of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Fitzpatrick , District Attorney, Syracuse ( Nicole K. Intschert and James P. Maxwell of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DiFIORE and Judges STEIN, FAHEY and GARCIA concur; Judge RIVERA dissents in an opinion in which Judge FEINMAN concurs.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Until 1974, our State's Constitution guaranteed criminal defendants the unwaivable right to indictment by a grand jury. In 1974, the Constitution was amended to provide that defendants could waive that right by signing a written instrument in open court in the presence...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases