Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Jackson v. Weaver
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 14, 1951PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFosteb, P. J.
The People appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term which sustained a writ of habeas corpus and directed the discharge of relator forthwith.
Relator was convicted in the Court of General Sessions, New York County, of a misdemeanor, and sentenced therefor on May 20, 1948, to the Reception Center of the Department of Correction at Elmira, New York, pursuant to article 3-A of the Correction Law. This was the equivalent of a maximum term of three years (Correction Law, § 288). At the time of sentence there was indorsed on the certificate of conviction a credit for thirty-eight…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Stokes v. Warden of State Prison at Sing SingNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- People ex rel. Hand v. Prison Board of Sing Sing PrisonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
- People ex rel. Uebelmesser v. CarterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
3Cited by11 opinions
- Middleton v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- State Ex Rel. Waters v. LackeyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1953
- People ex rel. Henderson v. CassclesNew York Supreme Court · 1971
- People ex rel. Coates v. MartinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1959
- Charos v. New York State Department of Correctional ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
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