Legal Opinion
People v. McCrorey
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 25, 1999PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
James A. Yates, J.
Defendant, Ulysses McCrorey, has moved to dismiss the *76indictment, charging him with murder in the second degree, claiming that he has been denied the right to a prompt prosecution guaranteed by the Due Process Clauses of the New York and Federal Constitutions. In this case, there was a delay of more than 16 years between the time Mr. McCrorey was first identified as a suspect in the killing of Billy Giles on February 7, 1982, and the time he was ultimately arrested and indicted for the crime. The People argue that the delay was caused by the defendant’s…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. LovascoSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- People v. TaranovichNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- United States v. CastellanoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- People v. LesiukNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
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3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Commonwealth v. ScherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Commonwealth v. ScherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002