Lanza v. State

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Koreman, P. J.), entered March 26, 1986, which denied the State’s motion to dismiss the claim.

In 1984, the Legislature enacted the Unjust Conviction and Imprisonment Act (L 1984, ch 1009) to enable persons who had been wrongly convicted of crimes and imprisoned to recover damages against the State. In making a claim under this statute, now embodied in Court of Claims Act § 8-b, a claimant must establish by documentary evidence the facts of his criminal conviction, that he was imprisoned for all or a part of his sentence, and that he was pardoned on…