Petitioner seeks, by writ of habeas corpus, to be released or given "civil status in a mental institution" on the ground that he was insane at the time of his trial. In 1967, petitioner was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment. His conviction was affirmed by the First Department and the Court of Appeals (People v Dudley, 32 A.D.2d 741, affd
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PEOPLE EX REL. DUDLEY v. KELLY
128 A.D.2d 981 (1987)
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Frank Dudley, Appellant, v. Walter Kelly, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent
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March 19, 1987
March 19, 1987
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.
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