What is the test for relief from criminal liability in a personal injury case?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hildreth, 205 Misc. 58 (N.Y. Dist. Ct. 1953):
The petitioner relies upon People v. Thompson (156 Misc. 865, 866-867), wherein the court stated: "The inherent power of a court to relieve from judgments taken through `mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect' (Civ. Prac. Act, 108) must extend to criminal matters".
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