MATTER OF WEINSTEIN v. HAFT


60 N.Y.2d 625 (1983)

In the Matter of Tahera K. Weinstein, Appellant, v. Robert M. Haft, as Justice of the Supreme Court, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided September 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Kravitz for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Mark Dwyer and Michael H. Warren of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER and SIMONS concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The judgment of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Insofar as the petition seeks relief by way of prohibition, it is predicated on the concept that, by allowing over three years to elapse from petitioner's guilty plea without sentencing her and then adjourning the motion for a further year, respondent lost jurisdiction of the matter. The first three years were at petitioner's behest...

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