Legal Opinion
People v. Taylor
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 23, 2007PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ciparick, J.
Three years ago, in People v LaValle (3 NY3d 88 [2004]), we held that the jury deadlock instruction under CPL 400.27 violates our State Constitution. Because a deadlock instruction is both essential to a death penalty statute and necessary to conform with principles of due process, we were compelled to *138invalidate the entire sentencing portion of the statute. We are now asked to decide whether an earlier attempt by a trial court to minimize the coercive effect of the flawed jury deadlock instruction warrants revisiting the issue of that instruction’s…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- People v. MateoNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
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3Cited by56 opinions
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