People v. McKnight

16 N.Y.3d 43 (2010)

942 N.E.2d 1019

917 N.Y.S.2d 594

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent,

v.

ULYSESS McKNIGHT, Appellant.

No. 217.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Argued November 15, 2010.

Decided December 14, 2010.

Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau, New York City (Allen Fallek and Steven Banks of counsel), for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn (Keith Dolan and Leonard Joblove of counsel), for respondent.

Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO and PIGOTT concur with Judge READ; Chief Judge LIPPMAN dissents in part in a separate opinion in which Judge SMITH concurs; Judge JONES…