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Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct -- 2016 Legislative Session

VIDEO of June 8, 2016 "public forum"
on Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct,

sponsored by Senator John DeFrancisco & Assemblyman Nick Perry

Assembly Bill 1131-B

Senate Bill 24-B

 

CJA's October 5, 2016 e-mail to Assemblyman Perry's Legislative Director  --
"Proposed Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct"

  referred-to documents & links:

 

CJA's March 5, 2003 memo to Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Malcolm Smith, Assembly Judiciary Committee Chair Helene Weinstein & its Ranking Member Fred Thiele -- "RE: Meeting with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman John A. DeFrancisco, Monday, March 17th, at 10:30 a.m."

          transmitting "NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC" -- 1989 Report of the New York State Comptroller Edward Regan, with his press release "COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT NEEDS OVERSIGHT" 

                    

The TWO final motions in Elena Ruth Sassower v. Commission -- copies of which were given to Chairman DeFrancisco and Ranking Member Malcolm Smith at March 17, 2003 meeting:

OCTOBER 15, 2002 MOTION FOR REARGUMENT, VACATUR FOR FRAUD, LACK OF JURISDICTION, DISCLOSURE & OTHER RELIEF

Exhibit A:  CJA's October 7, 2002 letter to Chief Motion Clerk
Exhibit B-1: Court of Appeals' September 12, 2002 decision/order (#581)

Exhibit B-2: CJA's May 1, 2002 notice of motion for disqualification/disclosure
                    
& pp. 1-8 of moving affidavit

Exhibit C-1: Court of Appeals' September 12, 2002 decision/order (#719)

Exhibit C-2: CJA's May 1, 2002 notice of appeal

Exhibit C-3: CJA's June 17, 2002 notice of motion for sanctions, etc. vs. Attorney General

Exhibit D: NYS Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers v. Kaye, 95 NY2d 556 (2000)
Exhibit E-1: Court of Appeals' decision/order in Schulz v. NYS Legislature (Mo.# 1075)

Exhibit E-2 Schulz v. NYS Legislature, 92 NY2d 917 (1998)

Exhibit F-1: Sims v. NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct, 62 NY2d 884 (1984)

Exhibit F-2: NY Criminal and Civil Bar Association v. NY, 46 NY2d 730 (1978)

Exhibit G: Robert Schulz' August 17, 1998 disqualification motion in Schulz v. NYS Legislature

OCTOBER 24, 2002 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
 

Exhibit A-1: Appellate Division's December 18, 2001 decision/order

Exhibit A-2: Appellate Division's March 26, 2002 order

Exhibit B-1: Ct of Appeals' September 12, 2002 decision/order on disqualification (#581) 
Exhibit B
-2: Ct of Appeals' September 12, 2002 decision/order on notice of appeal and sanctions (#719) 

Exhibit C: Justice Wetzel's January 31, 2000 decision/order
Exhibit D: Justice Cahn's July 13, 1995 decision/order in Doris L. Sassower v. Commission
Exhibit E: Justice Lehner's September 30, 1999 decision/order in Mantell v. Commission
Exhibit F:  Appellate Division's November 16, 2000 decision/order in Mantell v. Commission
Exhibit G: CJA's March 3, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye, with inventory of transmitted record
Exhibit H:  3-page analysis of Cahn's July 13, 1995 decision in Doris Sassower v. Commission
Exhibit I:  13-page analysis of Justice Lehner's September 30, 1999 decision in Mantell v. Commission
Exhibit J:  March 27, 2000 letter of Counsel, Unified Court System
Exhibit K: 1-page analysis of Appellate Division's December 16, 2000 decision in Mantell v. Commission
Exhibit L-1: 19-page analysis of Appellate Division's December 18, 2001 decision (1/7/02 notice-complaint)
Exhibit L-2: Commission's February 27, 2002 acknowledgment letter
Exhibit M-1: "I rise in defense of state courts", Chief Judge Kaye, Daily News, 1/17/02
Exhibit M-2: "State judicial system is accountable to public", Judge Kaye, Albany Times Union, 2/10/02
 

 

webpage of
CJA's January 28, 2016 letter to Senate & Assembly Fiscal & Judiciary Committees -- with substantiating proof

webpage of
CJA's February 18, 2016 Letter to Chairs & Ranking Members of Senate & Assembly Fiscal Committees -- with substantiating proof

 

webpage of
 CJA's June 29, 2016 letter to District Attorneys Association of the State of New York (DAASNY) -- with substantiating proof

referred-to
EVIDENTIARY WEBPAGE -- 2016
"NO PAY RAISES FOR NEW YORK's CORRUPT PUBLIC OFFICERS --
The Money Belongs to Their Victims!"
 

VIDEO of CJA's testimony,
before Senator DeFrancisco, at Legislature's February 6, 2013 budget hearing --
& THE EVIDENCE HANDED UP in substantiation

 
VIDEOS & transcripts of Senate Judiciary Committee's June 8, 2009 and Sept. 24, 2009 hearings on the Commission on Judicial Conduct & court-controlled attorney disciplinary system --
(Senator DeFrancisco initially at June 8, 2009 hearing)

VIDEO of CJA's testimony at the August 11, 2015 hearing
of the Judiciary's Statewide Commission on Attorney Discipline --
& the EVIDENCE in substantiation
 


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October 21, 2016 e-mail from Assemblyman Perry's Legislative Director --
"June 8, 2016 Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct Forum"

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Referred-to documentation at June 8, 2016 public forum --

"The Supreme Court Assumes Errant Prosecutors Will Be Disciplined by Their Offices
or the Bar: Three Case Studies That Prove That Assumption Wrong
",

80 Fordham Law Review 527  (2011) (
Joel Rudin)

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CJA's February 22, 2018 FOIL request --
"June 8, 2016 public forum on Senate Bill #24-b/ Assembly Bill #1131-b,
establishing a commission on prosecutorial conduct, sponsored by Senator John DeFrancisco & Assemblyman N. Nick Perry, ETC"

Assembly's March 1, 2018 response

Senate March 1, 2018 response


CJA's March 1, 2018 query

 

 

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Press

June 8, 2016
"Correction: Prosecutor Misconduct story"
AP

"The Case Against A Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct"
City & State (DA Zugibe)

June 22, 2016

"Measure Targeting Misconduct by DAs Fails for Third Time"
NYLJ  (Joel Stashenko)

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click here for:
2021 Commission on Prosecutorial Misconduct

 

 

 

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Prior Legislative Background

2015 Legislative Session

Assembly Bill 1131-B

Senate Bill 24-B

2014 Legislative Session

Assembly Bill 8634-A

Senate Bill 6286 

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2017 Legislative Session

Assembly Bill 5285-B

Senate Bill 2412-C 

2018 Legislative Session 

Assembly Bill 5285-B   Assembly webpage A-5285-C

Senate Bill 2412
-C     S-2412-D

video -- Sen. Judiciary committee 3/6/18 hearing  (2-24 mins)

June 13, 2018 press conference -- NYS Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

DAASNY's June 19, 2018 letter

Tatiana Neroni -- commentary


 

 

 

 

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