Legal Opinion

People v. Morales

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 31, 2011PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Friedman, J.

Six days after the devastating attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11), the Legislature passed the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 (L 2001, ch 300), which included, among other measures, article 490 of the Penal Law, entitled “Terrorism,” defining various terrorism-related offenses. Penal Law § 490.25 (1) provides, in pertinent part, that a person is guilty of a “crime of terrorism” when he or she commits a “specified offense” as defined in Penal Law § 490.05 (3) (a) (including any violent felony offense as defined in Penal Law § 70.02 or conspiracy to commit such an…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  5. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. MoralesNew York Court of Appeals · 2012
  2. People v. VantasselAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  3. Cooperstown Holstein Corp. v. Town of MiddlefieldNew York Supreme Court · 2012
  4. People v. ArnoatAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
  5. People v. MoralesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016

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