Legal Opinion
People v. Willingham
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 14, 2003Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
John M. Leventhal, J.
The defendant was indicted for various crimes allegedly perpetrated against his girlfriend. The top count remaining in the indictment was for class E nonviolent felonies, attempted assault in the second degree and criminal contempt in the first degree, carrying a maximum term of imprisonment of four *242years. The defendant had been committed on numerous occasions to the custody of Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center under a series of commitment orders for a total period in excess of 1,125 days.
The defendant had moved, sans opposition, to dismiss this…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Jackson v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- People v. PattersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- CHARLES Q. v. ConstantineNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. SchafferNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. LewisNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
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