Legal Opinion
Chaplin v. McGrath
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 4, 1995PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mercure, J. Proceedings pursuant to CPLR article 78 (initiated in this Court pursuant to CPLR 506 [b] [1]) to prohibit respondents from obtaining blood samples and dental impressions of petitioner.
Petitioner is suspected of committing a murder in a staff apartment at an Association of Retarded Persons Care group home in the City of Troy, Rensselaer County, on March 24, 1994. Police investigation indicated that the female victim, a counselor working the overnight shift, had been bludgeoned to death with an unknown instrument. At the time of discovery of the victim’s body, semen was found on…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- David M. v. DwyerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Anonymous v. CacciabaudoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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