Legal Opinion
Hawkins v. Coughlin
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 12, 1988PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Alexander, J.
Petitioner, an inmate at a State correctional institution, was convicted of robbery, incarcerated for approximately 3 Vz years, and paroled. While on parole, he was arrested for a second offense. Subsequently, the robbery conviction was determined to have been unconstitutionally obtained, was reversed, and that indictment dismissed. Petitioner now seeks credit for the time he served on the invalid robbery conviction toward satisfaction of the sentence imposed upon the conviction for the second offense. We hold, however, that Penal Law § 70.30 (3) does not…
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- People v. SantosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
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