MATTER OF HENNESSY v. GORMAN


58 N.Y.2d 806 (1983)

In the Matter of Richard A. Hennessy, Jr., as District Attorney for the County of Onondaga, Respondent, v. Walter T. Gorman, as Supreme Court Justice for Onondaga County, Appellant, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Peter J. Dooley and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Hennessy, Jr., District Attorney (John A. Cirando and Gail N. Uebelhoer of counsel), respondent pro se.

Morris B. Swartz for Jessie Neal, respondent.

Lawrence M. Ginsburg for Willie Carter, respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER. Taking no part: Judge SIMONS.


Judgment reversed, without costs, and the petition dismissed. An article 78 proceeding generally does not lie to review error claimed to have occurred in a criminal proceeding. (See Matter of State of New York v King, 36 N.Y.2d 59

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