PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 15.

35 N.Y.3d 24 (2020)

147 N.E.3d 1131

124 N.Y.S.3d 593

2020 NY Slip Op 02123

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

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided March 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Dean , Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City ( Mark W. Zeno of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark , District Attorney, Bronx ( Robert C. McIver , Nancy D. Killian and Peter D. Coddington of counsel), for respondent.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York City ( Konrad Cailteux and Carolyn R. Davis of counsel), and Innocence Project, Inc., New York City ( M. Chris Fabricant of counsel), for The Innocence Project, amicus curiae.

Jones Day, New York City ( Meir Feder and Donald L.R. Goodson of counsel), for Office of the Appellate Defender, Inc. and others, amici curiae.

The Legal Aid Society, New York City ( David Loftis , J. David Pollock and Terri S. Rosenblatt of counsel), and Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York City ( William Beausoleil , Marc Weinstein , Miles Orton and Sabrine Tribié of counsel), for The Legal Aid Society, amicus curiae.


OPINION OF THE COURT

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