Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Welch v. Slattery
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 22, 1942PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHammer, J.
The relator by means of this habeas corpus proceeding asserts a grievance which is frequently before the courts. He claims as of right he should have been sentenced under the Penal Law to a fixed term the maximum of which has expired and he is entitled to be discharged.
Three grounds are urged, as follows:
1. The facts of his previous criminal record establish that the offender is not a fit person for correction and reformation in the penitentiary or other institution of imprisonment under the Parole Commission Law [L. 1915, ch. 579, as amd.] as now incorporated in the Correction Law [§ 200 et…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
- People ex rel. Kipnis v. McCannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
- People ex rel. Kohlepp v. McGeeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
- People v. BendixNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- People ex rel. Angley v. WardenNew York Supreme Court · 1934
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State Ex Rel. May v. SwensonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- State v. RoySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
- People v. SilbergliteNew York Supreme Court · 1956
- McGinnis v. KrossAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1962
- People Ex Rel. Kern v. SilberglittNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
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