Legal Opinion
Lesher v. Hynes
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 3, 2012PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Read, J.
In 1984, a Kings County grand jury handed down an indictment charging Avrohom Mondrowitz with multiple counts of sexual abuse involving young boys. But he had already fled from the United States to Israel, one step ahead of an arrest warrant. Attempts to extradite Mondrowitz foundered early on, apparently because differences in Israeli and New York law prevented his return under the extradition treaty then in force between the United States and Israel.
At some point, petitioner Michael Lesher, an attorney and author, became interested in the Mondrowitz case. On…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- National Labor Relations Board v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Fink v. LefkowitzNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Legal Aid Society v. New York City Police DepartmentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
3Cited by44 opinions
- Abdur-Rashid v. N.Y.C. Police Dep'tCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 2018
- Matter of New York Civ. Liberties Union v. New York City Police Dept.New York Court of Appeals · 2018
- Friedman v. RiceCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 2017
- Matter of DeFreitas v. New York State Police Crime LabAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- City of Fort Thomas v. Cincinnati EnquirerKentucky Supreme Court · 2013
39 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.