Legal Opinion

People v. Keschner

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 30, 2015PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Fahey, J.

We hold that the prosecution in an enterprise corruption case may prove that a defendant was a member of a criminal enterprise, with a continuity beyond the scope of individual criminal incidents, without showing that the enterprise would have survived the removal of a key participant. In addition, we conclude that defendants’ challenges to the trial court’s instructions on accomplice liability are not preserved, and we reject their claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.

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Defendant Matthew Keschner was a licensed chiropractor. Defendant Aron Goldman was…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. People v. GrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. People v. CabanNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
  3. People v. TurnerNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
  4. People v. BergNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  5. People v. MacAnaNew York Court of Appeals · 1994

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3Cited by33 opinions

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  5. People v. CochranAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016

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