Legal Opinion
People v. Vasquez
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 20, 1997PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wesley, J.
The primary issue in each of these appeals is whether the Double Jeopardy Clauses of the State and Federal Constitutions bar the criminal prosecution of an inmate who has previously been the subject of internal prison disciplinary sanction. We conclude that the disciplinary sanctions imposed do not constitute "criminal punishment” triggering double jeopardy protections. Thus, the claims that the criminal prosecutions were barred under double jeopardy principles were correctly rejected.
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People v Vasquez
On February 26, 1994, while incarcerated at the Elmira…
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