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Hennessy v. Gorman

58 N.Y.2d 806 Court N.Y. Decision date 1983-01-18 English

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In the Matter of Richard A. Hennessy, Jr., as District Attorney for the County of Onondaga, Respondent, v Walter T. Gorman, as Supreme Court Justice for Onondaga County, Appellant, et al., Respondents.
Argued January 12, 1983;
decided January 18, 1983
p. 807
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Peter J. Dooley and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for appellant.
Richard A. Hennessy, Jr., District Attorney (John A. Girando and Gail N. Uebelhoer of counsel), respondent pro se.
Morris B. Swartz for Jessie Neal, respondent.
Lawrence M. Ginsburg for Willie Carter, respondent.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Judgment reversed, without costs, and the petition dismissed. An article 78 proceeding generally does not lie to review error claimed to have occurred in a criminal proceeding. (See Matter of State of New York v King, 36 NY2d 59 .)

Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer. Taking no part: Judge Simons.

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