Legal Opinion

People v. Peary

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 22, 1937PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order of the County Court of Kings county granting defendant’s motion to dismiss an indictment charging carnal abuse of a child and assault in the second degree reversed on the law and the facts, motion denied and indictment reinstated. What transpired before a magistrate on a preliminary hearing is not a pertinent consideration on a motion to dismiss an indictment as being unsupported by legal evidence where such matters are not adduced before the *852grand jury. Section 392 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has no application to this ease, which concerns an indictment founded upon the sworn…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. MasianoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
  2. People v. D'Andrea, New York County Courts1960
  3. People v. OrtizNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1943
  4. People v. HowellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1957
  5. People v. Belcher, New York County Courts1948

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