Legal Opinion
People v. Cileli
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 29, 1988PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the People from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Friedmann, J.), dated February 11, 1987, which dismissed the indictment.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, the indictment is reinstated, and the matter remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for further proceedings.
On the date scheduled for trial, the People failed to produce the complaining witnesses. Criminal Term sua sponte dismissed the indictment without setting forth its reasons or rationale. We conclude that the court erred in dismissing the indictment.
CPL 210.20 (1) authorizes the dismissal of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- People v. HenriquezNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. O'SullivanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. GarciaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
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