Legal Opinion

Kuriansky v. Azam

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

Decided October 28, 1991PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— In a criminal contempt proceeding for failure to comply with a Grand Jury subpoena, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings *944County (Gorges, J.), entered June 27, 1991, which found the appellants to be in criminal contempt, fined each of them $1,000, and sentenced Chowdhury Azam to a term of 30 days imprisonment.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The petitioner, while conducting a criminal investigation, issued a subpoena duces tecum to the appellant Church Avenue Pharmacy Corp. Inc. and its co-owner the appellant Chowdhury Azam (hereinafter Azam). The subpoena…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Nilva v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. People v. ShapolskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1959

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Rubackin v. RubackinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  2. Vacco v. ConsalvoNew York Supreme Court · 1998

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