Legal Opinion

People v. Pettigrew

New York Court of General Session of the Peace

Decided March 29, 1962PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtThomas Dickens, J.

This coram nobis motion charges the District Attorney with ‘ ‘ permitting the Court Jury [sic] and the defendant to be a victim of fraud.”

The introductory statement leading to this accusation is, “ That the District Attorney * * * failed to either, through inadvertence or otherwise, apprise the jury that the Peoples [sic] principle [sic] witness Frederick Walker for his Co-operation and testimony, did receive, prior to the trial Here — in [sic] A Suspended Sentence in the Federal District Court, Southern District, New York. ”

*115In both, the prosecution conducted in the Federal court and the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Rozell v. RozellNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
  2. People v. MortonNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
  3. People v. JonesNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1962
  4. People v. MortonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. PortnerNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1962
  2. People v. VirgaNew York Supreme Court · 1965

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