Baba-Ali v. State of New York

Lifson, J.,

dissents and votes to affirm the order appealed from, with the following memorandum: Court of Claims Act § 8-b enumerates the potential claims that can be brought against the State including, inter alia, when a criminal conviction is reversed or vacated (Court of Claims Act § 8-b [3] [b] [ii]). The present claim asserts that the underlying conviction, which admittedly stemmed from false reports of sexual abuse by the claimant’s former spouse, was reversed due to the ineffective assistance of counsel and the alleged purposeful misrepresentation and concealment of exculpatory…