MATTER OF COLF v. SERRA


58 N.Y.2d 837 (1983)

In the Matter of Jerry R. Colf, Appellant, v. William W. Serra, as Allegany County Court Judge, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Cambria, Jr., and Mary Good for appellant.

George F. Francis, District Attorney (Warren M. Emerson of counsel), respondent pro se.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General, for William W. Serra, respondent, precluded.

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


MEMORANDUM.

The judgment of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.

Following petitioner's testimony as a witness before a 1980 Grand Jury investigating an alleged arson, that Grand Jury was instructed with respect to possible charges of criminal contempt and perjury against him. In consequence, the Grand Jury directed the District Attorney to indict petitioner for criminal contempt but not for perjury...

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