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New York Court of Appeals: Criminal Trial Judge Cannot Also Be Sole Appellate Judge
Loaded on Jan. 19, 2018
published in Criminal Legal News
February, 2018, page 17
The New York Court of Appeals ruled on October 24, 2017 that the judge who presided over a defendant’s criminal trial cannot also act as the sole judge who presides over that defendant’s appeal as of right.
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