Legal Opinion

People v. Gibson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 23, 1987Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.), entered June 25, 1985, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant maintains that he was denied due process by the trial court’s denial of his motion for a two-week adjournment. The basis of this request was twofold: (1) the defendant’s attorney’s wife was scheduled to undergo a Caesarean section more than one week in the future, and (2) the defendant desired to call his parents, who were allegedly in…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. CongilaroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
  2. People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
  3. People v. HayesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  4. People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  5. People v. Christopher A. QQAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976

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