PEOPLE EX REL. WILLIAMS v. LA VALLEE


17 A.D.2d 263 (1962)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Vincent Astor Williams, Appellant, v. J. Edwin La Vallee, as Warden of Clinton Prison, Respondent

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

November 30, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent Astor Williams, appellant in person.

Robert J. McKeegan, District Attorney, for respondent.

BERGAN, P. J., COON, GIBSON, HERLIHY and REYNOLDS, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

Relator was convicted after a trial in the County Court of Delaware County in June, 1957 on three separate charges of kidnapping, two charges of robbery, first degree, and criminally carrying a loaded pistol. By habeas corpus he challenges the jurisdiction of the County Court to try the charges of kidnapping on the ground that kidnapping is a crime which may be punishable by death (Penal Law, § 1250) and under subdivision 2 of section 39 of...

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