Case Name: In the Matter of Leopold Tomlinson, Appellant, v. Benjamin Ward, as Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the City of New York, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1985-11-12
Citations: 66 N.Y.2d 771
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Leopold Tomlinson, Appellant, v Benjamin Ward, as Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 66
Pages: 771–773

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Leopold Tomlinson, Appellant, v Benjamin Ward, as Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Argued October 10, 1985;
decided November 12, 1985
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Raymond E. Kerno for appellant.
Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (June A. Witterschein of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (110 AD2d 537). We add only that the extension of the probationary period, under the circumstances of this case, is not a penalty as contemplated by Judiciary Law § 519.
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Jasen, Meyer, Kaye, Alexander and Titone. Taking no part: Judge Simons.