People v. Ianniello

Chief Judge Breitel.

Defendant-appellant was convicted, after a jury trial, on three counts of criminal contempt (former Penal Law, § 600, subd. 6). He was sentenced to a suspended one-year prison term on one count, and a $500 fine on each of the three counts. The Appellate Division affirmed.

Only one issued raised merits discussion, namely, whether the legality and propriety of question's put to defendant as a Grand Jury witness was a question of fact too be submitted as such in the court’s charge to the jury.

There should be an affirmance. Although, under the statute, the crime of contempt by…