People v. Lee

*25OPINION OF THE COURT

Alan L. Honorof, J.

Defendant’s motion to dismiss said accusatory instrument is determined as hereinafter provided.

At the outset, the chronology of certain pertinent events is uncontested. On February 21, 1997, Sammy Jones died of injuries he sustained in a confrontation on February 10, 1997, during which one of the other people involved allegedly struck him in the head with a baseball bat. The Medical Examiner determined that the victim died of blunt force head trauma, which could have been caused by a bat.

On February 27, 1997, Ragan Martin was arrested by the Freeport…