Legal Opinion
Lewis v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 4, 1996PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpain, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Benza, J.), entered January 19, 1995, upon a decision of the court in favor of claimants.
On October 30, 1988, claimant Christopher Lewis was a recalcitrant youth newly confined at a Division for Youth (hereinafter DFY) facility. Lewis was boarding a van with a group of similarly confined youths when he was involved in a minor altercation and removed to the rear of the line. At that point Lewis continued the argument with the other youth who was already on the bus and hit the bus and its windows with his hands. DFY aide Haywood Smith told Lewis to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Freund v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
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