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Convictions Based Upon an Unconstitutional Statute Must Be Vacated

The Second Department noted that when a statute upon which defendant's conviction is based is declared unconstitutional the conviction must be vacated:

Where a substantive criminal statute has been held unconstitutional, there is no alternative but to give the decision retroactive effect for the declaration of unconstitutionality is a statement that the defendant has committed no crime” … . The Court of Appeals has held that Penal Law § 240.30(1), as written at the time of the defendant's conviction, was unconstitutionally vague and overbroad under both the state and federal constitutions … . Accordingly, the defendant's convictions of attempted aggravated harassment in the second degree pursuant to Penal Law §§ 240.30(1)(a) and (1)(b) must be vacated. People v Edrees, 2014 NY Slip Op 08660, 2nd Dept 12-10-14

 

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