The following excerpt is from People v. Tiger, 110 N.E.3d 509, 32 N.Y.3d 91, 85 N.Y.S.3d 397 (N.Y. 2018):
to secure the fairness of the proceedings. In addition to preserving procedural fairness, these provisionsthe right to compulsory process, the right to confront adverse witnesses, the right to the effective assistance of counsel, and the right to a jury trial, to name a few"have the effect of ensuring against the risk of convicting an innocent person" ( Herrera v. Collins , 506 U.S. 390, 398399, 113 S.Ct. 853, 122 L.Ed.2d 203 [1993] ).
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