Felder v. Supreme Court

This is an article 78 proceeding to review the judgments of contempt imposed upon the petitioner, Leonard Felder, on July 17, 1973, and September 18, 1973, respectively, by the respondent, the Honorable George D. Ogden, Justice of the Supreme Court, Monroe County. The alleged contempts occurred during a trial (Proceeding 1) and a retrial (Proceeding 2) of a murder prosecution of Richard S. Anderson, in the presence of the Justice presiding over the trials when petitioner refused to answer questions put to him by the District Attorney though immunity was purportedly conferred upon him by the…