Legal Opinion

People v. Hummel

New York Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1906PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Application to a Justice of the Supreme Court for a certificate of reasonable doubt as to the lawfulness of the conviction, under the provisions of section 527 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.

The defendant stands convicted, by the verdict of a jury, of the crime or crimes defined by subdivisions 1, 3, and 6, of section 168 of the Penal Code, and of section 148 of the Penal Code; and he asks for a certificate of reasonable doubt as to the lawfulness of his conviction, under the provisions of section 527 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The purpose of this certificate is to stay the execution of the judgment of conviction, pending an appeal, where it shall be made to appear to a Justice of the Supreme Court that “ there is reasonable doubt whether the judgment should stand, hut…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Brown v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. People v. . FlackNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  4. People v. . McLaughlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  5. People v. . MayhewNew York Court of Appeals · 1896

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. People v. GoodrichNew York Supreme Court · 1914
  2. People v. OxfeldNew York Supreme Court · 1923
  3. People v. TodoroNew York Supreme Court · 1916
  4. People v. MeadowsNew York Supreme Court · 1909
  5. People v. DennisNew York Supreme Court · 1928

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