• Campbell v. Pesce, 60 NY2d 165
While a court may correct its own clerical error in accepting a plea or imposing sentence, after sentence has commenced a court that has accepted a plea in violation of the Criminal Procedure Law may not vacate the illegal plea and reinstate the original charges, the Court held.
• Consolidated Edison Co. v. Town of Red Hook, 60 NY2d 99
The Court struck down a local law requiring a utility to obtain a town license before beginning a site study for a power plant, ruling that the Legislature had preempted local governments in regulation of the plant-siting process.
• People v. Smith, 63 NY2d 41
The Court decided in the case of Lemuel Smith that the state’s mandatory death penalty for the murder of a prison guard by a life-term inmate was unconstitutional.
• In re Anthony M., 63 NY2d 270
The Court held that medical evidence was sufficient to support a juvenile being found responsible for the death of an elderly woman who suffered a heart attack not long after the youth snatched her purse.
• Dental Society v. Carey, 61 NY2d 330
The Court set out the principles governing when an organization has standing to bring an action in a case involving the state Dental Society’s challenge to state Medicaid reimbursement rates.
• Gaeta v. New York News, 62 NY2d 340
Since the challenged statements in a defamation case against the newspaper were reasonably related to matters in the legitimate public interest, plaintiffs were required by the Court to prove that the newspaper had acted in a grossly irresponsible manner. The judges found the plaintiffs failed to meet that burden.
• People v. Class, 63, NY2nd 491
The Court held that a police officer must have some legal justification for reaching into an automobile without a driver’s consent to move papers on the dashboard to read the vehicle identification number.
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