LANZA v. STATE


130 A.D.2d 872 (1987)

Robert K. Lanza, Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant

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

May 14, 1987


Main, J.

In 1984, the Legislature enacted the Unjust Conviction and Imprisonment Act (L 1984, ch 1009) to enable persons who had been wrongly convicted of crimes and imprisoned to recover damages against the State. In making a claim under this statute, now embodied in Court of Claims Act § 8-b, a claimant must establish by documentary evidence the facts of his criminal conviction, that he was imprisoned for all or a part of his sentence, and that...

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