Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Thomas v. Judges of the Family Court
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 28, 1976PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThomas Russell Jones, J.
Fifteen-year-old Keno White has petitioned the Supreme Court, pursuant to CPLR article 78, to prohibit the Judges of the Family Court from reopening a fact-finding hearing by which he may be adjudged a juvenile delinquent, on the grounds that he will thereby be subjected to double jeopardy in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, and contrary to section 6 of article I of the New York State Constitution.1
The petitioner contends that he had already been exposed to jeopardy of his liberty in the Family Court on July 21, 1975 when a witness was sworn…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Wade v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In Re Mark R.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1982
- In re Anthony R.New York City Family Court · 1983
- People v. HollowayNew York Supreme Court · 1997
- In re HawkNew York City Family Court · 1985
- In re Johnny C.New York Family Court · 1998