People v. Harrison
New York Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtThomas Dickens, J.
The hub of this coram nobis motion is unlawful search and seizure.
This allegedly unconstitutional invasion had uncovered the illegal possession by defendant of a narcotic drug. As a result, an indictment followed for a violation of the statute. Defendant, thereafter, pleaded not guilty when arraigned on the indictment. Eventually, however, he compromised by entering a voluntary plea of guilty to the crime of felonious possession of a narcotic drug under the second count.
The present step, taken in order to be relieved of the convicted status in consequence of his revised plea, faces two…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Norman G. Zachary and Edward J. Zacharski v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1960
- People v. MonsNew York City Magistrates' Court · 1949
- People v. WilliamsNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1962
- Charles Russell Jordan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1958