PEOPLE EX REL. STRACHAN v. COLON


164 A.D.2d 791 (1990)

The People of the State of New York, ex rel. Leroy Strachan, Appellant, v. Joseph Colon, as Warden of Manhattan House of Detention, Respondent

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

August 9, 1990


On November 1, 1946, Police Officer John Milledge was shot to death while on duty in Miami, Florida. Although petitioner immediately became a suspect and the police had information that petitioner had fled to New York, the police made no effort to locate petitioner during the initial investigation.

On November 2, 1946, petitioner, who was then 17 years old, moved to New York to reside with his father. Since then, petitioner has lived openly and notoriously under his...

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