Case Name: In the Matter of Sidney J. Ungar, Appellant, v. Joseph A. Sarafite, as Judge of the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York, Respondent; In the Matter of Sidney J. Ungar, Appellant. Joseph A. Sarafite, as Judge of the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1963-02-28
Citations: 12 N.Y.2d 1013
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Sidney J. Ungar, Appellant, v. Joseph A. Sarafite, as Judge of the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 1013–1015

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Sidney J. Ungar, Appellant, v. Joseph A. Sarafite, as Judge of the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York, Respondent.
In the Matter of Sidney J. Ungar, Appellant. Joseph A. Sarafite, as Judge of the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York, Respondent.
Argued January 23, 1963;
decided February 28, 1963.
Eve M. Preminger for appellant.
Frank 8. Hogan, District Attorney (H. Richard Uviller and Richard R. Lutz of counsel), for respondent.
Rhoda Hendrick Karpatkin for New York Civil Liberties Union, amicus curice.

Opinion:
In the first above-entitled proceeding: Order affirmed, without costs. (See Matter of Ungar, decided herewith.) No opinion.
In the second above-entitled proceeding: Order affirmed, without costs. However, we point out that where the alleged contempt consists of the making of charges of wrongdoing by the Trial Judge himself he should, where disposition of the contempt charge can be withheld until after the trial and where it is otherwise practicable, order the contempt proceeding to be tried before a different Judge. No opinion.
Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Dye, Fuld, Burke, Foster and Scileppi. Judge Van Voorhis concurs in result only.