Legal Opinion
People ex rel. West v. Jones
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 3, 1986PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Weiss, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Duskas, J.), entered November 15, 1985 in Washington County, which denied petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70, without a hearing.
Petitioner was convicted after a jury trial of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and sentenced as a persistent felony offender to a prison term of 20 years to life (see, People v West, 92 AD2d 620). Ultimately, this conviction was reversed by the Court of Appeals and a new trial was ordered (People v…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- People ex rel. Hall v. LeFevreNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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