People of the State of New York

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The People of the State of New York is the collective legal entity representing all residents of New York State in criminal prosecutions and other state-initiated legal actions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
People of the State of New York canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal person ⓘ
party in legal proceedings ⓘ
sovereign collective legal entity ⓘ
appearsIn appellate case captions in New York ⓘ
criminal case captions in New York ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York State
constitutionalBasis New York State Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
distinctFrom State of New York as a governmental corporation ⓘ
individual New York residents ⓘ
governingLaw New York Civil Practice Law and Rules ⓘ
New York Criminal Procedure Law ⓘ
New York Executive Law ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver certain civil enforcement actions ⓘ
criminal prosecutions under New York law ⓘ
hasProsecutorialPowerExercisedBy Attorney General of New York ⓘ
District Attorneys ⓘ
isNamedAsPartyIn criminal complaints in New York State courts ⓘ
indictments in New York State courts ⓘ
informations in New York State courts ⓘ
some civil enforcement proceedings ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
legalNature collective body politic ⓘ
legalStandingIn criminal prosecutions ⓘ
state-initiated legal actions ⓘ
legalSystem New York State law ⓘ
United States law ⓘ
partyType petitioner in certain appellate and special proceedings ⓘ
plaintiff in criminal cases ⓘ
recognizedBy New York courts ⓘ
federal courts hearing New York-related matters ⓘ
relatedConcept People of the State of California ⓘ
People of the State of Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Illinois

The People (as sovereign in American constitutional law) ⓘ
representedBy District Attorneys of New York counties ⓘ
New York State Attorney General ⓘ
New York State prosecutors ⓘ
represents citizens of the State of New York ⓘ
residents of the State of New York ⓘ
roleInCriminalCases prosecution ⓘ
scopeOfRepresentation all persons within New York State subject to its laws ⓘ
shortName The People ⓘ
sovereigntySource sovereign power of the people of New York ⓘ
typicalCaseCaption The People of the State of New York v. [Defendant] ⓘ
usedFor expressing public interest in state-initiated litigation ⓘ
expressing sovereign interest in enforcement of criminal law ⓘ
usedInCourtSystem New York State Unified Court System ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York City District Attorney offices → represents → People of the State of New York ⓘ
murder of Albert Snyder → hasProsecution → People of the State of New York ⓘ