McGraw v. Wack
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal from judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles Ramos, J.), rendered July 7, 1993, which, insofar as appealed from, converted to a CPLR article 78 proceeding a certain portion of the underlying writ of habeas corpus, unanimously dismissed, without costs.
Petitioner George McGraw, in an unprovoked attack, beat his elderly landlord to death with a wrench on July 22, 1971 because he delusionally believed that the landlord had alienated him from his girlfriend. McGraw was charged with intentional murder but was ultimately adjudicated not guilty by reason of mental illness or defect…
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