PEOPLE v. ULETT

No. 55.

33 N.Y.3d 512 (2019)

129 N.E.3d 909

105 N.Y.S.3d 371

2019 NY Slip Op 05060

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DERRICK ULETT, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 25, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Skip Laisure , Appellate Advocates, New York City ( Leila Hull of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez , District Attorney, Brooklyn ( Ruth E. Ross , Leonard Joblove and Victor Barall of counsel), for respondent.

The Bronx Defenders, Bronx ( Amalea Smirniotopoulos , Saul Zipkin and Ilona Coleman of counsel), for The Bronx Defenders and others, amici curiae.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Defendant Derrick Ulett was convicted of murder for shooting Ruben Alexandre outside an apartment building in Brooklyn. The proof was substantial: several witnesses placed defendant at the scene, with two identifying him as the shooter. We hold, however, that the People violated their constitutional obligation...

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