Legal Opinion
People v. Collins
New York County Courts
Decided August 5, 1965PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdward M. O’Gorman, J.
The defendant was convicted in a Court of Special Sessions of the Village of Goshen of the crime of assault in the third degree, and was thereafter sentenced to 11 months and 29 days in the County Jail and, in addition, to pay a fine in the amount of $250. In default of the payment of this fine, the defendant was further sentenced to spend one day in jail for each $1 of the fine unpaid.
*211Defendant now appeals, on the ground that this sentence as applied to him is illegal and unconstitutional, because defendant is an indigent person and unable to pay any fine imposed upon him. The indigency of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Ughbanks v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- City of Buffalo v. MurphyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
- People ex rel. Gately v. SageAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Matter of McKinney v. HamiltonNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
3Cited by10 opinions
- In Re AntazoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- Sawyer v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
- People v. McMillan, New York County Courts1967
- People v. CunninghamCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1980
- People ex rel. Loos v. RedmanNew York Supreme Court · 1965
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