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People v. Williams

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 6, 1949
298 N.Y. 803 (N.Y. 1949)

Summary

In Williams we upheld the district court's entry of judgment for compensatory damages based on Williams' malicious prosecution by the City's agents, the police; we reversed, however, the award of punitive damages against the City.

Summary of this case from Williams v. City of New York

Opinion

Argued November 22, 1948

Decided January 6, 1949

Appeal from the Kings County Court, GOLDSTEIN, J.

Edward H. Levine and Jesse P. Griggs for appellant.

John F. Finerty, Herbert M. Levy and Robert Markewich for American Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae, in support of appellant's position.

Miles F. McDonald, District Attorney ( Solomon A. Klein of counsel), for respondent.


Judgment of conviction affirmed. Upon this appeal there was presented and necessarily passed upon a question under the Constitution of the United States, viz.: the defendant argued that his conviction violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States in that the sentence of death was based upon information supplied by witnesses with whom the accused had not been confronted and as to whom he had no opportunity for cross-examination or rebuttal; this court held that the sentence aforesaid did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. No opinion.

Concur: LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE and FULD, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Williams

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 6, 1949
298 N.Y. 803 (N.Y. 1949)

In Williams we upheld the district court's entry of judgment for compensatory damages based on Williams' malicious prosecution by the City's agents, the police; we reversed, however, the award of punitive damages against the City.

Summary of this case from Williams v. City of New York

In Williams, on the other hand, the physical brutality alleged and apparently believed by the jury in the malicious prosecution case was a marked departure from accepted practices and a probable manifestation of fraudulent intent.

Summary of this case from Williams v. City of New York
Case details for

People v. Williams

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SAMUEL T. WILLIAMS…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jan 6, 1949

Citations

298 N.Y. 803 (N.Y. 1949)
83 N.E.2d 698

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