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PEOPLE EX REL. SCHAAP v. MARTIN

6 N.Y.2d 371 (1959)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. George Harry Schaap, Appellant, v. Walter B. Martin, as Warden of Attica Prison, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 8, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Bell for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Paxton Blair and J. Bruce MacDonald of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DESMOND, DYE, FULD, FROESSEL and BURKE concur.

VAN VOORHIS, J.

Relator has been sentenced under section 483-a of the Penal Law to imprisonment for an indeterminate term, the minimum of which shall be one day and the maximum of which shall be the duration of his natural life. Enacted in 1950, this statute reflects a modern view of how to deal with sexual offenders. They are subjected to observation or treatment by psychiatrists and penologists, and the Board...

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