Legal Opinion
People v. Lake
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Decided February 5, 1948PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtValente, J.
This is an application in the form of a writ of error coram nobis alleging that a violation of the defendant’s constitutional rights invalidates two judgments of conviction entered again t him in this court in 1909 and 1920.
It wo’dd ap-ear that the application was born of a discussion among some inmates of the prison in which the defendant was confined, in 1943. He testified that a fellow inmate ‘ * that studied *795law * * * ” told him to “ look up his record.” He sent for and received the- records and “ they told me there was no lawyer ” and “ they made up the papers for me.”
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Walker v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Hawk v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- People ex rel. Asaro v. MorhousAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944
- People ex rel. Kruger v. HuntAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
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3Cited by14 opinions
- People v. CanforaNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1957
- People v. BoehmAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1955
- People v. De Bernardo, New York County Courts1950
- People v. ChaitAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1959
- People v. FarinaSuffolk County District Court · 1971
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