 An attempt to appeal this ruling was rejected by the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, and in 1995, the Manhattan district attorney's office said it would not retry Wahad.In the case of Jeffrey Deskovic, McQuillan co-wrote the independent review which found that a series of investigative and prosecutorial missteps led to Deskovic's wrongful conviction.The review was commissioned by the newly elected Westchester County district attorney Janet DiFiore and was written by McQuillan along with Leslie Crocker Snyder, William L. Murphy; and Richard Joselson.