Legal Opinion

Rossi v. County Court of Schoharie

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

Decided December 27, 1968PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

Proceeding under CPLR article 78 for an order prohibiting the respondents from proceeding against petitioner under an indictment charging him with criminally negligent homicide (Penal Law, § 125.10). Petitioner asserts that the statute, amp'ified by the statutory definition of “ Criminal negligence ” (Penal Law, *716§ 15.05, subd. 4), is unconstitutional for vagueness. Other remedies are available to petitioner and since, in our view, the statute is not on its face unconstitutional, petitioner has failed to show a clear legal right to the relief requested. (Matter of Fenster v. Criminal Ct. of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fenster v. Criminal Court of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1965

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of PizarroNew York Surrogate's Court · 1992
  2. People v. Ohrenstein, Babbush, Sanzillo & MontaltoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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