Legal Opinion
Brown v. Daytop Village, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 31, 1994PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Dominic R. Massaro, J.
Prior to the institution of this action, plaintiff had been arrested and charged with the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.39 [1]). As a criminal defendant, Mr. Brown was unable to post bail. Seeking an alternative to incarceration, this admitted drug dependent attempted to obtain admission to an in-patient drug treatment program. In due course, Daytop Village, Inc. (hereinafter Daytop) accepted him, and he was paroled to its custody.1
On the day following his parole, Mr. Brown, a Rastafarian, was…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Southeastern Community College v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. BallardSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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