The state's highest court affirmed Joseph A. Meyers's murder and arson convictions, rejecting his argument that a mangled trial transcript made a reconstruction hearing inadequate to protect his right to appeal.
The New York Court of Appeals held Thursday that defendants cannot waive their right to a sentencing hearing under the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act as a condition of a plea bargain, reversing the Appellate Division.
A woman who ran over her sister's girlfriend three times — claiming she was trying to escape her abusive ex-boyfriend — becomes the vehicle for a ruling that reshapes plea bargaining for an entire class of defendants statewide.
A Bronx man convicted of attempting to assault a corrections officer gets a second look at a speedy-trial claim the lower courts threw out as too late and lacking notice.