New York Court of Appeals Roundup: New Trial for Defendant Deprived of Right To Present a Defense
06.16.22
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In their column in the New York Law Journal, Litigation Partners Bill Russell and Linton Mann III discuss People v. Deverow, in which the New York Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for a defendant convicted of murder in the second-degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second-degree arising from the shooting death of a 17-year-old. In a unanimous opinion, the court held that the trial court deprived the defendant of his constitutional right to present a defense by precluding certain evidence offered by the defendant in support of his justification defense.
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