Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Battista v. Christian
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 10, 1928PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSenn, J.
This is a proceeding by Patsy Battista, the relator, to test the legality of his commitment to the New York State Reformatory at Elmira on a criminal charge after having been proceeded against by information under section 222 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
The defendant was brought before a police justice charged with the crime of burglary in the third degree and held to await the action of the grand jury. Thereupon he petitioned the Supreme Court in writing, asking that an information be filed against him by the district attorney charging him with the said crime, which was done. The…
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