Legal Opinion
In re New York News, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 20, 1985PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
On October 22, 1985, Catherine Costello, a 22-year-old accountant, was shoved into the path of an oncoming subway train in Manhattan. Charged with attempted murder and assault in the first degree for this crime was Mary Ventura, who was seized at the scene. The crime attracted immediate and extensive coverage by the various organs of the news media. Within a few days it was disclosed in the press that, about one month prior to the incident, Ms. Ventura had been hospitalized as a psychiatric patient at Kings County Hospital and was released from that institution after a…
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