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The People, Respondent,v.Miguel Mejias, Appellant.

Brief

16 Cited authorities

  1. Herring v. New York

    422 U.S. 853 (1975)   Cited 1,161 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a New York statute allowing judges in a criminal bench trial to deny counsel the opportunity to make a closing argument deprived defendant of his Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of counsel

  2. People v. Buford

    69 N.Y.2d 290 (N.Y. 1987)   Cited 426 times
    Holding that the trial court's reasons for its determination following a Buford inquiry should be placed on the record

  3. People v. Brown

    97 N.Y.2d 500 (N.Y. 2002)   Cited 186 times
    Cautioning that purely statistical arguments are "rarely conclusive in the absence of other facts or circumstances."

  4. People v. Ryan

    19 N.Y.2d 100 (N.Y. 1966)   Cited 69 times
    Holding that, even though the applicable statute permitted juror substitution after deliberations began, automatic reversal would be required because prejudice was too difficult to evaluate

  5. People v. Contreras

    28 A.D.3d 393 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)   Cited 9 times

    8380. April 27, 2006. Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie Wittner, J.), rendered July 13, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first and third degrees and conspiracy in the second degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 28 years to life, unanimously affirmed. Pedro Antonio Garcia, Bronx, for appellant. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Megan E. Joy of counsel), for respondent. Before: Mazzarelli

  6. People v. Lewie

    67 A.D.3d 1056 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)   Cited 5 times

    No. 101977. November 5, 2009. Appeals (1) from a judgment of the County Court of Warren County (Hall, Jr., J.), rendered June 26, 2008, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of manslaughter in the second degree (two counts), reckless endangerment in the first degree and endangering the welfare of a child, and (2) from a judgment of said court, rendered June 27, 2008, which resentenced defendant. Matthew C. Hug, Troy, for appellant. Kathleen B. Hogan, District Attorney, Lake George, for

  7. People v. Ramirez

    33 A.D.3d 460 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)   Cited 7 times

    No. 9296. October 19, 2006. Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie G. Wittner, J.), rendered March 31, 1999, as amended March 25, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of conspiracy in the second degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first and third degrees, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 5 to 15 years, 11 years and 81/3 to 25 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed. Before; Buckley, P.J., Tom, Marlow, Nardelli and Williams, JJ. The verdict

  8. People v. Ordenana

    20 A.D.3d 39 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)   Cited 5 times

    June 2, 2005. APPEAL from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (John A.K. Bradley, J.), rendered October 1, 2002. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of sodomy in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree, and imposed sentence. Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City ( Abigail Everett and Michael J.Z. Mannheimer of counsel), for appellant. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City ( Deborah L. Morse of counsel), for respondent

  9. People v. Shaw

    43 A.D.3d 685 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)   Cited 1 times

    No. 1431. September 13, 2007. Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie G. Wittner, J.), rendered January 3, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of rape in the first degree and burglary in the second and third degrees, and sentencing him, as a second vio lent felony offender, to an aggregate term of 20 to 40 years, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial. Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Carl S. Kaplan of counsel), for

  10. People v. McClenton

    213 A.D.2d 1 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)   Cited 9 times
    In People v. McClenton (213 AD2d 1, appeal dismissed 88 NY2d 872), where the trial court declined to conduct an inquiry of a deliberating juror who wrote a note which indicated that the juror's discharge might be required, this Court concluded that an inquiry should have been conducted by the trial court.