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MATTER OF LEWINSON v. CREWS

49 Misc.2d 1050 (1966)

In the Matter of Edwin R. Lewinson, Petitioner, v. Robert J. Crews, as County Clerk of Kings County, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Kings County.

April 18, 1966

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emanuel Redfield for petitioner. Seymour Besunder for respondent. Corner, Finn, Froeb & Charles (John H. Finn and Fabian G. Palomino of counsel), for Industrial Home for the Blind, amicus curiæ.

FRANK S. SAMANSKY, J.

Petitioner has been denied the opportunity to qualify as a juror in Kings County because of his total blindness. He insists that he meets the necessary qualifications and accordingly brings this proceeding to annul such determination. Petitioner has been totally blind since birth. This has not prevented him from earning an A.B. degree from the University of Michigan and the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from...

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