People v. Jones

OPINION OF THE COURT

Stanley Gartenstein, J.

At this juncture in the history of the New York City Criminal Court, there is scarce room for argument that the single-most important recent decision to impact on the criminal justice system has been People v Douglass (60 NY2d 194). In seven cases with similar procedural facts, all originating in the Criminal Court of New York County, the Court of Appeals held, in a single opinion, that dismissal of a pending criminal prosecution can only come about as a result of a limited number of grounds specifically codified in the Criminal Procedure Law. This…