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People ex rel. Kowalczyk v. LeFevre

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 31, 1979PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal from a judgment of Supreme Court at Special Term, entered September 7, 1978 in Clinton County, which dismissed a writ of habeas corpus after a hearing. Relator is a prisoner at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora serving a sentence of imprisonment from 25 years to life for a series of crimes, including rape in the first degree and murder. Relator appealed his 1970 conviction to both the Appellate Division, Second Department (People v Kowalczyk, 41 AD2d 602), and the Court of Appeals (People v Kowalczyk, 34 NY2d 864). Among the grounds for appeal, unanimously rejected by both…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Keitt v. McMannNew York Court of Appeals · 1966
  2. People ex rel. Vess v. ValleeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
  3. People ex rel. Green v. La ValleeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
  4. People v. KowalczykNew York Court of Appeals · 1974

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Alan PP. v. DunstonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  2. People ex rel. Schreiner v. TekbenNew York Supreme Court · 1993
  3. People ex rel. Smith v. IrvinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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