Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. People v. Clayton, 41 A.D.2d 204, 208 (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep't 1973) was a case before the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division. It determined that a trial court, when considering a "motion to dismiss in the interest of justice" (subsequently known as a "Clayton motion"), must convene an evidentiary hearing to consider whether the dismissal would in fact be in the "interest of justice."On November 3, 1952, at 3pm in the afternoon, Robert Clayton, an illiterate African-American employed as a potato picker on a Long Island farm, was taken into police custody along with approximately ten others in connection with a murder which took place on the farm the previous day. The suspects were placed in a small, uncomfortable room.