Legal Opinion
People v. Pagan
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 8, 1975PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJoseph R Corso, J.
The defendant moves to dismiss the *566indictment on the ground that any conviction would be jurisdictionally defective because the defendant, who is a Federal prisoner, has been presented to the court in violation of his constitutional rights under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (codified in New York as CPL 580.20).
The preliminary facts are not in dispute. On November 27, 1973, the defendant was arrested by the Federal authorities and was subsequently sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the Federal Reformatory in Petersburg, Virginia. While he was incarcerated in that institution, the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Frisbie v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Ker v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Hodges v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- People v. DileoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
- People ex rel. Kurzynski v. HuntAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. Standen, New York County Courts1978