Legal Opinion

People v. Montgomery

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 30, 1966PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Memorandum. Judgment reversed and case remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for new trial. The State is to make available to defendant a transcript of the preliminary hearing.

When the State constitutionally or statutorily affords a defendant a right, the exercise thereof cannot be conditioned upon the defendant’s ability to pay (People v. Hughes, 15 N Y 2d 172; People v. Pride, 3 N Y 2d 545; Long v. District Ct. of Iowa, 358 U. S. 192; Lane v. Brown, 372 U. S. 477; Douglas v. California, 372 U. S. 353; Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U. S. 335; Griffin v. Illinois, 351 U. S. 12). Section…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  3. Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Lane v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Roberts v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. People v. CarrollAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
  4. State v. SchneidewindWisconsin Supreme Court · 1970
  5. United States of America Ex Rel. William Cadogan v. Hon. J. Edwin Lavallee, as Warden of Clinton State Prison, Dannemora, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970

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