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Title: People State New York Ex Rel. Michael J. Harty v. Edward M. Fay
Author : Court of Appeals of New York
Release Date : January 07, 1961
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
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The question, undecided in this State (see Matter of Richetti v. New York State Bd. of Parole, 300 N. Y. 357, 360) but answered affirmatively in many decisions elsewhere, is this: Does an inordinately long and unexplained delay in imposing a criminal sentence cause the trial court to lose jurisdiction so that a sentence thereafter imposed is void and the defendant is entitled to habeas corpus relief? Although there are no controlling New York statutes (see Code Crim. Pro., Â§Â§ 471, 472, 482), it is settled law in this State that the imposition of sentence may not be ""indefinitely deferred or postponed"" (Matter of Hogan v. Bohan, 305 N. Y. 110, 112; People ex rel. Prosser v. Martin, 306 N. Y. 710; People v. Cioffi,