Legal Opinion

People v. Codarre

New York County Courts

Decided September 30, 1960PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

W. Vincent Grady,

Surrogate and Acting County Judge. This application is made by defendant Edwin Codarre for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate the judgment of conviction rendered against him on December 6, 1943 in this court on the ground that a State procedure which permits an epileptic 13-year-old to plead guilty to murder, in any degree, violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The incumbent Dutchess County Judge John B. Schwartz has disqualified himself by reason of the fact that he was District *903Attorney of Dutchess County during the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. SadnessNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
  2. People v. CodarreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1955
  3. People v. PalumboAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
  4. Blodgett v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  5. People v. FloraNew York Court of Appeals · 1953

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. United States of America Ex Rel. Codarre v. Gilligan, Acting Warden of Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
  2. People v. CodarreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963
  3. People v. Codarre, New York County Courts1963
  4. People v. CodarreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1961
  5. United States of America Ex Rel. Codarre v. Gilligan, Acting Warden of Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966

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