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People v. Goddard

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

Decided July 14, 1994PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWeiss, J.

Appeal from an order of County Court of Otsego County (Nydam, J.), entered October 21, 1993, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment.

Four-year-old Akiem Davis was mentally retarded, unable to ambulate, blind, unable to communicate in a general sense and suffered from cerebral palsy and diabetes insipidus. Akiem required a daily injection of a drug called DDAVP without which he was at grave risk of dehydration. He lived on a *654liquid diet. In late May 1993, Akiem and his family moved from New York City to the City of Oneonta, Otsego County where, at the invitation of Sharon…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. People v. SteinbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  2. People v. HaneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
  3. People v. WongNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. People v. FlayhartNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  5. Rutkowski v. WaskoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1955

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. CarrollNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. People v. WatsonCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1999
  3. People v. RoseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  4. People v. MunckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  5. People v. CarrollAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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