People v. Mundhenk

OPINION OF THE COURT

William A. Kelly, J.

The defendants have moved for an order removing the above-captioned matters from the Justice Court for the Village of New Square to another Justice Court within the county. These matters proceeded to trial originally in the Village of New Square and both defendants were convicted in *796a nonjury trial. Those convictions were reversed by order of the Appellate Term dated December 7, 1987, and the matters were remanded for a new trial. The Appellate Term found that the trial court erroneously placed the burden of proving a justification defense upon the…