Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Strachan v. Colon
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 4, 1991PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
Leroy Strachan was indicted in March 1990 by the State of Florida for murder in the first degree, a capital offense, for the *501killing of Police Officer John Milledge in Miami in 1946. At the time of the crime, Strachan was 17 years of age. In March 1990, the Governor of Florida requested that Strachan be extradited from New York to Florida for trial. New York’s Governor executed the extradition order in April 1990 and Strachan turned to the courts of New York for habeas corpus relief.
Milledge was shot and killed by a single rifle bullet in the neck while on…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Michigan v. DoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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- Strassheim v. DailySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Biddinger v. Commissioner of Police of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Hyatt v. People Ex Rel. CorkranSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- People ex rel. Quarterman v. Commissioner of the New York City Department of CorrectionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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