Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York January 6, 2011 (Hurrell-Harring v. State)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Peters, J.P.

Plaintiffs, who at the time had criminal charges pending against them in defendants Onondaga, Ontario, Schuyler, Suffolk and Washington Counties (hereinafter collectively referred to as the counties), commenced this putative class action alleging that the current system of public defense is systemically deficient and poses a grave risk that indigent criminal