Legal Opinion
Exoneration Initiative v. New York City Police Department
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 15, 2013PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Peter H. Moulton, J.
In this CPLR article 78 proceeding petitioner seeks to obtain records from the New York City Police Department (NYPD) pursuant to the State’s Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law § 84 et seq., commonly referred to as FOIL). The rec*964ords concern Richard Rosario, who has been incarcerated since 1996 after being convicted of murder.
Petitioner Exoneration Initiative is an organization that investigates and, where appropriate, litigates claims of actual innocence on behalf of indigent incarcerated people. As of the submission of this article 78…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Data Tree, LLC v. RomaineNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
- Rosario v. ErcoleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2010
- New York State Defenders Ass'n v. New York State PoliceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Carnevale v. City of AlbanyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Exoneration Initiative v. New York City Police DepartmentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
- Exoneration Initiative v. New York City Police DepartmentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014