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Matter of Pirro v. Cirigliano

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Oct 10, 1996
673 N.E.2d 1238 (N.Y. 1996)

Summary

prohibiting a Supreme Court Justice from entertaining a Section 440.10 motion challenging a conviction rendered in the County Court

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Opinion

Argued September 5, 1996

Decided October 10, 1996

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, Carmine Marasco, J.

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, New York City (Michael O. Hueston, Thomas Hughes and Victoria A. Graffeo of counsel), for Caesar Cirigliano, as Acting Justice of the Supreme Court, appellant.

Bennet Goodman, Yonkers, for Cesar Ramirez, appellant.

Jeanine Pirro, District Attorney of Westchester County, White Plains (Richard E. Weill of counsel), respondent pro se.


Judgment affirmed, without costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division ( 226 A.D.2d 465).

Concur: Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK.


Summaries of

Matter of Pirro v. Cirigliano

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Oct 10, 1996
673 N.E.2d 1238 (N.Y. 1996)

prohibiting a Supreme Court Justice from entertaining a Section 440.10 motion challenging a conviction rendered in the County Court

Summary of this case from People v. Resto
Case details for

Matter of Pirro v. Cirigliano

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of JEANINE PIRRO, as District Attorney of Westchester…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Oct 10, 1996

Citations

673 N.E.2d 1238 (N.Y. 1996)
673 N.E.2d 1238
657 N.Y.S.2d 11

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