Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Paul Cortez, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2014-01-21
Citations: 22 N.Y.3d 1061
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Paul Cortez, Appellant.
Judges: Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Geaffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott and Abdus-Salaam concur; Chief Judge Lippman concurs in an opinion in which Judges Geaffeo and Smith concur; Judge Abdus-Salaam concurs in an opinion in which Judges Read and Pigott concur; Judge Riveea taking no part.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 22
Pages: 1061–1080

Head Matter:
[4 NE3d 952, 981 NYS2d 651]
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Paul Cortez, Appellant.
Argued November 12, 2013;
decided January 21, 2014
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Law Office of Marc Fernich, New York City (Marc Fernich of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York City (David M. Cohn and Hilary Hassler of counsel), for respondent.
Levitt & Kaizer, New York City (Richard Ware Levitt and Dean M. Solomon of counsel), Joel B. Rudin, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Richard Willstatter, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, White Plains, for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and another, amici curiae.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
Order affirmed. Defendant raises no error warranting a reversal of his conviction.