Legal Opinion
People v. Canfora
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Decided April 3, 1957PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThomas Dickens, J.
Nonrepresentation by counsel pursuant to section 308 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is the essence of this motion for coram nobis relief.
Involved are the attainder by confession and the sentence imposed therefor more than four decades ago, or, to be more exact, in the year 1914, a long span of years from then to the present time during which most of, if not all, the actual participants of the prosecution in question have, in all probability, died (cf. People v. Varelli, 277 App. Div. 887, affd. 302 N. Y. 641).
As in the moving papers (cf. People v. Erdmann, 2 A D 2d 757; People v. Barber,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- People v. . McKaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- People v. OddoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
- People Ex Rel. Stapleton v. . BellNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- People v. BoehmNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
- People ex rel. Asaro v. MorhousAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944
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3Cited by13 opinions
- People v. ElfeNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1962
- People v. GencarelliNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1958
- People v. BrimNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1960
- People v. VasquezNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1959
- People v. BrancazioNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1960
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