Legal Opinion
People v. Miller
Rochester City Court
Decided June 29, 1988PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
John R. Schwartz, J.
This case presents the court with a question of first impression in New York criminal and civil law: should the court allow a speech therapist to interpret for a potential witness who suffers from a severe case of cerebral palsy?*
*248In this prosecution for petit larceny (Penal Law § 155.25), the complainant and chief witness for the People suffers from cerebral palsy, a severely debilitating disease which has rendered him incapable of normal verbal communication. While the witness can hear and comprehend with no apparent difficulty, the disease has so…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. GuzmanNew York Supreme Court · 1984
- People v. Johnny P.Criminal Court of the City of New York · 1981
- People v. Medrano, New York County Courts1986
- People v. ThompsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1970
- People v. ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
3Cited by4 opinions
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- In re Luz P.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Department of Social Services ex rel. Jenny S. v. Mark S.New York City Family Court · 1992
- People v. Webb, New York County Courts1993