Legal Opinion
Kelly v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 5, 1987PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Main, J.
Claimant was a licensed private investigator who specialized in "deprogramming” religious cultists. He was hired by the parents of Anthony Colombrito with the hope that he would be able to deprogram their son who had become a member of the Unification Church (hereinafter the Church). On August 14, 1979, claimant, his assistant, Anthony and his parents were at claimant’s farmhouse in Ulster County. Several members of the Church arrived at the farmhouse in search of Anthony and when they failed to heed claimant’s instructions to leave the premises, claimant and three…
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