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The People, Appellant,v.Jacob Milton, Respondent.

Brief

37 Cited authorities

  1. Strickland v. Washington

    466 U.S. 668 (1984)   Cited 158,554 times   176 Legal Analyses
    Holding an "error by counsel" doesn't "warrant setting aside the judgment of a criminal proceeding" where in the context of the whole proceeding the identified error "had no effect on the judgment"

  2. People v. Baldi

    54 N.Y.2d 137 (N.Y. 1981)   Cited 5,974 times   6 Legal Analyses
    In Baldi, the New York State Court of Appeals expressly applied the right to effective assistance of counsel guaranteed by the federal Constitution.

  3. People v. Iannone

    45 N.Y.2d 589 (N.Y. 1978)   Cited 830 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the defendants in these two appeals have failed to preserve a question of law which this court may review and have waived their objections to the sufficiency of the factual allegations in the indictments by which they were brought before the courts"

  4. People v. Guidice

    83 N.Y.2d 630 (N.Y. 1994)   Cited 440 times
    In People v. Guidice, 83 N.Y.2d 630, 612 N.Y.S.2d 350, 634 N.E.2d 951 [1994], the victim was punched in the face and hit in the arm with a baseball bat.

  5. People v. Keindl

    68 N.Y.2d 410 (N.Y. 1986)   Cited 410 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that multiplicity of acts encompassed in single counts made it virtually impossible to determine the particular act of sodomy or sexual abuse as to which the jury reached a unanimous verdict

  6. People v. Patterson

    39 N.Y.2d 288 (N.Y. 1976)   Cited 432 times
    In Patterson the Court did not even mention Mullaney until after it had concluded that the issue on the merits was within the special category that always deserves review despite the absence of contemporaneous objection.

  7. People v. Cahill

    2 N.Y.3d 14 (N.Y. 2003)   Cited 180 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, if the intent of a burglary is to commit murder, then it cannot be said that the murder was carried out "in furtherance of" the burglary, because the burglary "was merely a prerequisite to . . . committing the murder"

  8. People v. Santi

    3 N.Y.3d 234 (N.Y. 2004)   Cited 159 times
    In People v. Santi, 3 N.Y.3d 234, 243, 785 N.Y.S.2d 405, 818 N.E.2d 1146 (2004), the Court of Appeals reaffirmed the long established policy that, " '[i]n implementing a statute, the courts must of necessity examine the purpose of the statute and determine the intention of the Legislature.' " citing, Willams v. Williams, 23 N.Y.2d 592, 598, 298 N.Y.S.2d 473, 246 N.E.2d 333 (1969).

  9. People v. Grega

    72 N.Y.2d 489 (N.Y. 1988)   Cited 239 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Applying harmless-error analysis to error in instructions

  10. People v. Morris

    61 N.Y.2d 290 (N.Y. 1984)   Cited 264 times
    Finding a three-week period was sufficient approximation for indictment and conviction