tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253740687045404312.post4051909442145581371..comments2024-01-23T08:05:19.898-05:00Comments on New York Criminal Defense: Brian Shiffrinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237352678322961062noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253740687045404312.post-40593179304707300832010-12-18T12:17:22.191-05:002010-12-18T12:17:22.191-05:00The majority's disingenuous insistence that th...The majority's disingenuous insistence that the Emperor does so have clothes, and we really mean it here is reminiscent of the more-than-decade long debacle/defense of People v. Register. What could be the motivation for clinging to a ruling that is so obviously wrong? Inability to concede error? Cowardice? Antipathy toward the limited class of defendants affected by the ruling? The big silver lining that extends well beyond this decision is the willingness of the the state's chief jurist to call faulty reasoning where he sees it, even on his own court.Donald Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12536036026587314189noreply@blogger.com