Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Morriale v. Branham
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 16, 1942PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.
Relator was sentenced in 1935 to Sing Sing Prison for a term of six years. During the same year he was transferred to the Institution for Male Mental Defective Delinquents at Napanoch in pursuance of section 439 of the Correction Law, as a mental defective. In 1938 he was transferred to Woodbourne Institution for Defective Delinquents. His term of imprisonment expired January 23, 1941.
ri Section 440 of the Correction Law, read in connection with section 460, provides that when the term of a prisoner confined in Woodbourne Institution has expired, and in the opinion of the superintendent the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- People Ex Rel. Barone v. . FoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- People v. George Henriques & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1935
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- Matter of NaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
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