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

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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