1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.Y.3d
  4. 37 N.Y.3d
  5. 37 N.Y.3d 476 (2021)
 

PEOPLE v. POWELL

No. 22.

37 N.Y.3d 476 (2021)

182 N.E.3d 1028

162 N.Y.S.3d 235

2021 NY Slip Op 06424

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HOWARD POWELL, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Reargued October 5, 2021.

Decided November 18, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Skip Laisure , Appellate Advocates, New York City ( Kendra L. Hutchinson of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz , District Attorney, Kew Gardens ( Christopher Blira-Koessler , Danielle M. O'Boyle and John M. Castellano of counsel), for respondent.

Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York City ( James L. Brochin , Jason E. Meade , Julie Amadeo and Daniel W. Podair of counsel), and Innocence Project, Inc., New York City ( Lauren Gottesman of counsel), for Innocence Project, Inc., amicus curiae.

Robert S. Dean , Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City ( Matthew Bova of counsel), Caprice R. Jenerson , Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City, and Leanne G. Lapp , Chief Defenders Association of New York, Canandaigua, for Center for Appellate Litigation and others, amici curiae.

OPINION OF THE COURT

False confessions elicited during custodial interrogations do exist. In People v Bedessie (19 N.Y.3d 147, 161 [2012]), we recognized that the phenomenon of false confessions during custodial interrogation is common knowledge, and we opined that expert...

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