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· 6/4/1991

People v. Hache

Citations

  • 174 A.D.2d 309
  • 570 N.Y.S.2d 546
  • 1991 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7857

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that Mexican officials did not have “specific intent to torture” the petitioner
  • “‘[T]orture’ does not cover ‘negligent acts’ or harm stemming from a lack of resources.”
  • “‘[T]orture’ does not cover ‘negligent acts’ or harm stemming from a lack of resources.”
  • “Claims under the 2 [CAT] must be considered in terms of the aggregate risk of torture from all sources, 3 and not as separate, divisible, claims.” (quotation marks and ellipsis omitted)
  • “Claims under the Convention Against Torture must be considered in terms of the aggregate risk of torture from all sources, and not as separate, divisible . . . claims.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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