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PEOPLE v. GODDARD

108 Misc.2d 742 (1981)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Frank Goddard, Defendant.

Criminal Court of the City of New York, Kings County.

April 24, 1981

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Janice Wolak of counsel), for plaintiff. Ceasar Cirigliano and Edward Mayr for defendant.

LORRAINE S. MILLER, J.

This case poses the poignant problem that deeply troubles every member of the judiciary in the criminal justice system today: what to do with indigent defendants who fail to pay fines previously imposed by the court.

While this is but one aspect of the "crisis of the courts" commented upon by Chief Judge LAWRENCE COOKE in a recent address,1 the frequency of such cases nevertheless significantly...

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