Matuljak v. Cornelius

Proceeding pursuant to article 78 of the Civil Practice Act to review and annul a determination of the Superintendent of State Police suspending petitioner, a Sergeant in the State Police, for five days, placing him on probation for six months and censuring him. At about 1:50 a.m. on August 31, 1961 petitioner apprehended a 17-year-old boy entering a closed exposition booth on the New York State Exposition grounds. Petitioner directed the youth to enter his car and interrogated him. After ascertaining the youth’s activities petitioner simultaneously reached for his ear radio transmitter and…