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WILLIAMS v. CORNELIUS

76 N.Y.2d 542 (1990)

In the Matter of Sandy Williams, Appellant, v. Raymond E. Cornelius, as Justice of the Supreme Court, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Nowak, Public Defender (David Juergens, Kathleen McDonough, Drew R. DuBrin, Brian Shiffrin and James Eckert of counsel), for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Denise A. Hartman, O. Peter Sherwood and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur.

BELLACOSA, J.

The appeal, here by this Court's grant of leave to petitioner, is from a judgment of the Appellate Division dismissing as moot the proceeding seeking to review a summary criminal contempt adjudication. We conclude that petitioner is entitled to her day in court on the merits and, therefore, reverse.

The facts alleged in the petition verified by petitioner and the underlying transcript of...

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