". . . the gravest manner of injustice that we know is the imprisonment of a fellow human being for a crime that he or she did not commit." (People v. Hargrove, 162 A.D.3d 25 (2018)).

These words are contained in a decision joined in by Appellate Division, Second Department Justice Hector LaSalle, who was nominated by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Dec. 22, 2022 to serve as the next chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals.