MATTER OF STEIN v. MURPHY


82 A.D.2d 794 (1981)

In the Matter of Joel M. Stein, Petitioner, v. Francis T. Murphy, Jr., as Presiding Justice of The Appellate Division, First Department, Supreme Court of the State of New York, et al., Respondents

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

June 1, 1981


Petition denied and proceeding dismissed, on the merits, without costs or disbursements.

Petitioner seeks reimbursement of moneys he paid in defense of what was, in effect, a legal malpractice action brought against him by an indigent criminal defendant to whose case he was assigned pursuant to article 18-B of the County Law. Such reimbursement would be for expenses personally incurred by counsel rather than on behalf of...

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