. . . . . . . . "People v. LaValle"@en . . "People v. LaValle, 3 N.Y.3d 88 (2004), was a landmark decision by the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the U.S. state of New York, in which the court ruled that the state's death penalty statute was unconstitutional because of the statute's direction on how the jury was to be instructed in case of deadlock. New York has since then abandoned the death penalty, as the law has not been amended."@en . . "Rosenblatt"@en . . "R. Smith"@en . . . "Kaye, Ciparick"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Defendant convicted, N.Y. Sup. Ct. Suffolk Co."@en . . . . "6949"^^ . . . . . "The current statute of capital punishment in the state of New York was unconstitutional as it violated article one, section six of the state constitution."@en . . . . "People v. LaValle, 3 N.Y.3d 88 (2004), was a landmark decision by the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the U.S. state of New York, in which the court ruled that the state's death penalty statute was unconstitutional because of the statute's direction on how the jury was to be instructed in case of deadlock. New York has since then abandoned the death penalty, as the law has not been amended."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "100"^^ . . . . . "2004"^^ . "People v. LaValle"@en . "5196437"^^ . . . . . "--06-24"^^ . . . . "Graffeo, Read"@en . . "N.Y. Const. art. I, \u00A7 6; N.Y. C.P.L. \u00A7 400.27"@en . . . . "25920.0"^^ . . . . . . "1099083337"^^ . . . "The People of New York v. Steven LaValle"@en . . "G. Smith"@en . . . . . .