Legal Opinion
In re Katz
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 3, 1970PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorris E. Spector, J.
Petitioner moves for the issuance of a certificate of reasonable doubt.
The facts preceding the hearing and the imposition of sentence (30 days) arq not m dispute. Mr. Justice Murtagh is presiding at a trial involving 13 defendants, usually referred to as the “Black Panther” trial. All reasonable accounts from the daily press and the official record clearly show that *343both participants and spectators have engaged in numerous outbursts against the trial procedure.
The record indicates that on February 19, 1970 the petitioner, a spectator in the courtroom, was charged with having committed…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Cooke v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Sacher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Fisher v. PaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Matter of Douglas v. AdelNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
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