N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 4.115

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 36, September 4, 2024

Section 4.115 - Executive order no. 115: requiring attorney general to supersede district attorney of hamilton county with reference to certain criminal investigations and proceedings involving judge william h. intemann, jr

TO: THE HONORABLE ROBERT ABRAMS

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

STATE CAPITOL

ALBANY, NEW YORK 12224

Pursuant to article IV, section three of the Constitution of the State of New York, the provisions of subdivision two of section 63 of the Executive Law and the statutes and law in such case made and provided, and in view of the request of the District Attorney of Hamilton County, I hereby require that you, the Attorney General of this State, as you deem appropriate and necessary after investigation, attend in person, or by one or more of your assistants or deputies, a term of the Supreme Court to be held in and for the County of Hamilton for the term of court commencing on or about January third, nineteen hundred eighty-nine and any other term or terms of the Supreme Court in and for the County of Hamilton, and that you, in person or by said assistants or deputies, appear before any grand jury drawn for said term of said court, and before any grand jury or grand juries which shall be drawn or which shall have heretofore been drawn for any other term or terms of said court, for the purpose of managing and conducting in said court and before said grand jury and said other grand juries any and all proceedings, examinations and inquiries and any and all criminal actions and proceedings which may be had or taken by or before said grand jury and grand juries concerning or relating to:

(a) the investigation into alleged unlawful acts or omissions by Judge William H. Intemann, Jr. and by any person in relation to the conduct and incidents involving Judge William H. Intemann, Jr.; and

(b) as you deem appropriate and necessary after investigation, the prosecution of any and all alleged unlawful acts or omissions by Judge William H. Intemann, Jr., and by any person in relation to the conduct and incidents involving Judge William H. Intemann, Jr.; and that you investigate, manage, prosecute and handle such other proper actions and proceedings relating thereto as may come before said court and that you conduct, manage, prosecute and handle all trials at said terms of court or at any term of said court at which any and all indictments which may be found and which may hereafter be tried, pursuant to or in connection with this requirement, and in the event of any appeal or appeals or other proceedings connected therewith, to manage, prosecute, conduct and handle the same; and that in person or by your assistants or deputies you, as of the date hereof, supersede and in the place and stead of the District Attorney of the County of Hamilton exercise all the powers and perform all the duties conferred upon you by the statutes and law in such case made and provided and this requirement made hereunder; and that in such proceedings and actions the District Attorney of the County of Hamilton shall exercise only such powers and perform such duties as are required of him by you or your assistants or deputies so attending.

Pursuant to the provisions of subdivision two of section 63 of the Executive Law, all expenses incurred by the Attorney General in relation to the prosecution of the proceedings enumerated herein, including the salary or other compensation of all deputies employed shall be a charge upon the County of Hamilton.

Signed: Mario M. CuomoDated: December 19, 1988

[FN*] [Revoked by Executive Order No. 31 (George E. Pataki), infra.]

[FN[DOUBLE DAGGER]] [Revoked by Executive Order No. 5 (Eliot Spitzer), infra.]

[Revoked by Executive Order No. 9 (David A. Paterson), infra.]

[Revoked by Executive Order No. 2 (Andrew M. Cuomo), infra.]

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 4.115