PEOPLE EX REL. LAWSON v. DENNO


10 A.D.2d 978 (1960)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. John Wesley Lawson, Respondent, v. Wilfred L. Denno, as Warden of Sing Sing Prison, Respondent. The People of the State of New York, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

May 16, 1960


Order reversed on the law, petition and writ dismissed, and relator remanded to Sing Sing Prison to complete the sentence originally imposed.

The relator, against whom charges of rape and burglary were pending, was committed by the Felony Court of Queens County to a city hospital for mental examination. He was there examined by two psychiatrists who submitted a report to the said Felony Court. Thereafter, the relator was indicted for the crimes of burglary in the...

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