People ex rel. Shinsky v. Hunt

This is a writ of habeas corpus which presents the question of the constitutionality of section 1898-a of the Penal Law. The affirmance of relator’s conviction by the Appellate Division, reported in 256 App. Div. 995, and by the Court of Appeals in 281 N. Y. 581, 881, disposes of all questions raised upon this writ.

The Court of Appeals in 1937 had before it section 1898-a of the Penal Law. The court sustained a writ of habeas corpus at that time but expressly stated that it did not pass upon the constitutionality of the section. (People ex rel. Dixon v. Lewis, 276 N. Y. 613.)

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