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PEOPLE v. DE JESUS

42 N.Y.2d 519 (1977)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Freddie De Jesus, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 18, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan A. Tipograph for appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Jane S. Meyers of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur.

COOKE, J.

"It is `the law of the land' that no man's life, liberty or property be forfeited as a punishment until there has been a charge fairly made and fairly tried in a public tribunal" (Matter of Oliver, 333 U.S. 257, 278). Such a right constitutes the most fundamental of all freedoms (Estes v Texas, 381 U.S. 532, 540). The underlying...

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