PEO. EX REL. AMENDOLA v. JACKSON


74 Misc.2d 797 (1973)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Luba Amendola, Petitioner, v. Norwood Jackson, as Warden of Westchester County Penitentiary, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Westchester County.

July 16, 1973


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society of Westchester County (John T. Hand, Jerold Slate and Peter Evans of counsel), for petitioner. John J. S. Mead, County Attorney (Arthur T. Connick of counsel), for respondent.


MORRIE SLIFKIN, J.

By this habeas corpus proceeding, petitioner raises an issue of substantial import involving an indigent's right to court appointment of counsel at a Family Court hearing relative to violation of that court's support order. Predicated upon the facts which follow and the current path of authoritative judicial pronouncements, this court concludes that every respondent who appears before the...

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