MATTER OF FLOWERS v. WARD


138 A.D.2d 242 (1988)

In the Matter of Leon Flowers, Petitioner, v. Benjamin Ward, as Police Commissioner of The City of New York, et al., Respondents

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

March 3, 1988


The guilty findings are amply supported by the record and the penalty, claimed to be harsh and excessive, is notable only for its extreme leniency, both in terms of petitioner's inexcusable conduct in an incident which he alone sparked, and in comparison to the sanctions meted out in other cases for infractions much less serious than those involved here. A disturbing question is raised in our minds as to petitioner's fitness for...

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