Legal Opinion
In re Hewitt
New York County Courts
Decided March 20, 1975PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Kenneth C. Johnson Jr. J.
This is a proceeding pursuant to CPL 170.25 seeking the removal of a charge from the Town Court of Dryden alleging the misdemeanor crime of a violation of section 1192 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and requesting that said charge be presented by indictment and tried in a superior court.
The defendant contends that the Justice of the Town Court is not an attorney at law and that trial before the Town *203Justice would deprive him of his constitutional rights of due process because the case "involves legal and evidentiary problems too complicated for a lay person or anybody…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Moore v. MacduffNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
- People v. RosenbergNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1908
- People v. Lovejoy, New York County Courts1971
- People v. McAnarney, New York County Courts1961
- People v. Prisco, New York County Courts1970
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Young v. KonzWashington Supreme Court · 1979
- Tsiosdia v. RainaldiNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1976
- People v. Mossow, New York County Courts1983
- People v. Charles F.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. DiSalvo, New York County Courts2006
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