Legal Opinion
Whitehurst v. Kavanagh
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 4, 1995PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Harold J. Hughes, J.
This is a CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking a judgment prohibiting the Ulster County District Attorney from prosecuting petitioner Whitehurst for first or second degree murder in the death of Rickel Knox, and for an order closing this proceeding to the public and the media.* The respondent has moved for an order changing the venue of this proceeding from Albany County to Ulster County.
The essential facts are not in dispute for the purposes of this proceeding. Seven-year-old Rickel Knox was reported missing from her home in Kingston, New York, at…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Rush v. MordueNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Holtzman v. GoldmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- La Rocca v. LaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Dondi v. JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. WhitehurstAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Whitehurst v. SenkowskiDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 2007