Court of Appeals of New York

The post-death-notice plea bargaining provisions of the death penalty statute, in effect at the time of defendant's trial, impermissibly discouraged the assertion of defendant's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights, thus a sentence of death is unconstitutional.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/09/2002
• Published 07/09/2002

Judges

Court

• Court of Appeals of New York

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Submitted by Grazina Myers, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Submitted by Roseann B. MacKechnie, for respondent.