Court Opinion

ID: 9725100
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 11:30:22.795636+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:11:36.886488
License: Public Domain

Read, J. (concurring).
On constraint of our decision in People v Payne (3 NY3d 266 [2004]), I concur with the result in People v Suarez. On constraint of our decisions in People v Hafeez (100 NY2d 253 [2003]) and Payne, I concur with the result in People v McPherson. For all the reasons expressed by Judge Graffeo, I find the majority’s rationale for deviating from our longstanding precedent and reinterpreting Penal Law article 125 to be unconvincing. As Judge Graffeo further points out, our jurisprudence in this area now raises a significant public policy issue that only the Legislature can resolve.