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Barrett v. State of New York

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 26, 1991
78 N.Y.2d 1111 (N.Y. 1991)

Opinion

Argued October 8, 1991

Decided November 26, 1991

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, Albert A. Blinder, J.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Michael S. Buskus, O. Peter Sherwood and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for appellant.

Martin Diennor and Abraham Fuchsberg for respondent.


Order affirmed, with costs, and certified question answered in the affirmative, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Thomas R. Sullivan at the Appellate Division ( 161 A.D.2d 61).

Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA.


Summaries of

Barrett v. State of New York

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 26, 1991
78 N.Y.2d 1111 (N.Y. 1991)
Case details for

Barrett v. State of New York

Case Details

Full title:VALERIE BARRETT, as Administratrix of the Estate of KELLIAN BARRETT…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Nov 26, 1991

Citations

78 N.Y.2d 1111 (N.Y. 1991)
578 N.Y.S.2d 873
586 N.E.2d 56

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