Legal Opinion
People v. Buchanan
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 30, 2009Published
1Opinion of the Court
13 N.Y.3d 1 (2009)
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent,
v.
INGVUE E. BUCHANAN, Appellant.
Court of Appeals of New York.
Argued May 7, 2009.
Decided June 30, 2009.
Thomas Theophilos, Buffalo, for appellant.
David W. Foley, District Attorney, Mayville (Lynn S. Hodgens of counsel), for respondent.
Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur in per curiam opinion; Judge READ dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion.
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
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3Cases cited5 opinions
- Deck v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- State v. BowenOregon Supreme Court · 2006
- People v. BuchananNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
- Goodwin v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- People v. BuchananAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008