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Woojin Cho v. New York
Paid petition · Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Term, First Judicial Department, No. 570516/22 · judgment July 3, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
I. Is it constitutional error for a prosecutor in summation to express her personal belief that the defendant lied on the stand? II. In reviewing summation misconduct for harmless error, is reversal required where there is any “reasonable possibility” that the constitutional error “might have contributed to the conviction?”
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Zachary Alexander Margulis-Ohnuma
ZMO Law PLLC
For respondent
Vincent Woodrow Rivellese
Bronx County District Attorney's Office
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, March 25, 2024 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 25 2024Petition DENIED.
- Mar 06 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
- Feb 29 2024Waiver of right of respondent New York to respond filed.
- Feb 20 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2024)