Legal Opinion
People v. Edwards
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Decided June 30, 1959PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThomas Dickens, J.
In these moving papers, defendant contends that the judgment of conviction entered upon his plea of guilty to the charge of robbery in the third degree, is invalid as being, in effect, violative of his constitutional right to due process, and for this reason should be vacated.
He rests this contention of unconstitutionality upon the theory that when the District Attorney presented the case against him to the Grand Jury in the first instance, instead of having him arraigned before a Magistrate for a preliminary hearing in compliance with section 188 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, his…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Matter of Manning v. ValenteNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
- People ex rel. Willett v. QuinnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- People v. RodriguezNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1958
- People v. SteigerNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1935
- Cohen v. BruereNew York Supreme Court · 1916
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3Cited by13 opinions
- People v. HodgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. AbbatielloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1968
- People v. CarterNew York Supreme Court · 1973
- People v. McDonnellNew York Supreme Court · 1975
- People v. ElfeNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1962
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