Hospitals in 1955 were required by the statutory law of New York to report all procedures that involve the termination of a pregnancy. The superintendent of all New York hospitals is required to report each procedure and to subdivide the procedures into categories that reflect the nature of the termination…
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Court Discusses Provisions of Mental Hygiene Law
The state of New York is the petitioner in this case. The case is being heard in the Supreme Court of Bronx County. The New York State Attorney General filed a petition stating that the respondent is a detained sex offender who requires civil management according to the Mental Hygiene…
Defendant Claims Double Jeopardy
The Facts: Allegedly, on 2 July 1979, the applicant led local police on a high-speed automobile chase through Norfolk and Suffolk Counties. He was finally arrested in Suffolk County and charged with various offenses by the District Attorneys in both counties. In Norfolk County, Quincy District Court, he was charged…
Court Looks at Jurisdiction Issue in Murder Case
The Facts: Defendant was indicted for murder in the circuit court for the district of Massachusetts. The indictment was founded on the 8th section of the act of congress 30 April 1790 and was tried upon the plea of not guilty. A New York Criminal Lawyer said it appeared in…
Defendant Charged with Illegal Salary Payments
During the 89th Congress, a Special Subcommittee on Contracts of the Committee on House Administration conducted an investigation into the expenditures of the Committee on Education and Labor, of which petitioner was chairman. A New York Criminal Lawyer said the Special Subcommittee issued a report concluding that the defendant and…
Defendant Argues He Should be Classified as a Level 3 Sex Offender
The People of the State of New York are the plaintiffs in this case. The County Court of the City of New York in Madison County is the location where this case is being heard. The defendant was convicted based on a guilty plea, to rape in the second degree,…
Court Looks at Racial Discrimination in Employment Practices
This is the latest appeal growing out of the nearly two-decade old, racial discrimination in employment lawsuit involving the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) and the State Personnel Department (SPD). Those two state agencies were sued in 1985 by what became two plaintiff classes of black employees and prospective employees.…
Court Discusses Mental Hygiene Law Proceedure
This case is being heard in the Supreme Court of the state of New York in New York County. The People of the State of New York are the petitioners in this matter. Case Facts A New York Criminal Lawyer said the respondent in this case, pled guilty in 1968…
Defendant Claims Multiple Charges Should Only have been One
This case involves the People of the State of New York et al. relater against the respondent, the Warden of the Auburn State Prison. The case is being heard in front of the Supreme Court. The case before the court is a habeas corpus proceeding that is being brought by…
Sex Crimes Defendant Also has Immigration Issue
The people of the state of New York are the plaintiffs in this case being heard in the Supreme Court of Suffolk County.The defendant has moved to have his conviction for the Class E felony of Rape in the third degree vacated. The basis for his argument for this motion…