Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Cora T. Walker, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1964-07-10
Citations: 14 N.Y.2d 901
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Cora T. Walker, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 901–904

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Cora T. Walker, Appellant.
Argued May 7, 1964;
decided July 10, 1964.
Whitney North Seymour, Jr., for appellant.
Leo A. Larkin, Corporation Counsel (Edward J. McLaughlin and Seymour B. Quel of counsel), for respondent.
Samuel D. Smoleff for the Citizens Union of the City of New York, amicus curiae.

Opinion:
Memorandum. The judgment of conviction should be reversed and a new trial ordered. The prosecution of defendant for violations of the Multiple Dwelling Law came closely in sequence upon the exposure by her of corrupt practices in the Department of Buildings. She contends that the prosecution was the result of an intentional discrimination which deprived her of the constitutional right to equal protection of the laws. She was unduly restricted on the trial in her attempts to prove this contention. Latitude should be allowed in this complex area of proof. We do not hold that defendant has demonstrated intentional discrimination in her prosecution. We rule, merely, that she should have a fair opportunity to establish it on her trial.