Legal Opinion

People Ex Rel. Smith v. Wilkins

New York Court of Appeals

Decided October 21, 1965PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

16 N.Y.2d 894 (1965)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Hamilton Smith, Appellant,

v.

Walter H. Wilkins, as Warden of Attica State Prison, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued September 27, 1965.

Decided October 21, 1965.

John H. Stenger for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Winifred C. Stanley and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI and BERGAN.

Order affirmed; no opinion.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Smith v. WilkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1965

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Delcrete Corp. v. KlingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
  2. Household Finance Corp. v. Rochester Community Savings BankRochester City Court · 1989