Legal Opinion
Beauchene v. Coughlin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 3, 1986PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Casey, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term (White, J.), entered June 14, 1985 in Washington County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services motion to dismiss the petition for failure to state a cause of action.
Petitioner, a prisoner in a New York correctional facility serving 8 Vs to 25 years for rape, sodomy and assault, seeks dismissal of a detainer warrant based on a criminal complaint from Maine lodged against him on or about August 3, 1980. The Maine warrant charged petitioner with escape in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Carchman v. NashSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Amiger v. LongAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- People ex rel. Albuequrque v. WardNew York Supreme Court · 1982
3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. BeaucheneSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
- McCrary v. ScullyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Daher v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991
- Epps v. HuntAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990