Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Lesser v. Hunt

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

Decided March 22, 1939PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: The learned trial justice at Special Term has rendered an able opinion on this proceeding and We base our decision on the principles which he states therein. Further, we note that the question whether there should have been an examination of witnesses upon the motion for a new trial was necessarily before the court on its review of the order denying the motion when it was held that the motion for a new trial was properly denied. We, therefore, find no jurisdictional irregularity in the proceedings resulting in the commitment on which the relator is…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. United States ex rel. Lesser v. HuntCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
  2. People v. ThompsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  3. People v. LesserAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1952
  4. People ex rel. Wiegand v. BrophyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
  5. United States ex rel. Lesser v. New YorkDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1940

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