Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Lonschein v. Warden of Queens House of Detention for Men
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 25, 1964PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJ. Irwin Shapiro, J.
This is an application by the petitioner, an attorney, for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of his client, one Harry Mencher.
James Beatty, a payroll guard, was shot to death in the course of a robbery committed in Queens County on May 10,1961. The relator’s client, Harry Mencher, one Peter Donovan, and others, were indicted for murder in its first degree in causing Beatty’s death. Mencher and Donovan were both convicted as charged, and the jury not having recommended life imprisonment, the court, in accordance with then controlling law, directed judgment on June 7,1962 that the convicts be…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Lindsey v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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- Malloy v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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