Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Kennedy v. Hunt

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

Decided June 28, 1939PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, without costs of this appeal to either parky. Memorandum: That the relator “ competently and intelligently ” waived his constitutional right to counsel when he pleaded guilty is sufficiently established by the evidence. If the fact were otherwise, the defect was cured when relator, though represented by counsel, failed to raise the question when the sentence complained of was imposed upon him. Having pleaded guilty, the relator was not entitled to be confronted with the complainant. Nor was he entitled as of right to an inspection of the cheek he had forged. (See Code Grim.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Pierson v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  3. People Ex Rel. Romano v. BrophyNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
  4. People v. Earing, New York County Courts1911
  5. People v. YoulioNew York Court of Appeals · 1926

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. New York Ex Rel. Whitman v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. People v. De Bernardo, New York County Courts1950
  3. People ex rel. Harrison v. WilsonNew York Supreme Court · 1941
  4. People v. RutherfordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1949

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