People v. Bishop

On December 9, 1960 defendant was indicted by a Tompkins County Grand Jury for carnal abuse as a felony, assault second degree (three counts), sodomy first degree (three counts) and sodomy second degree. On arraignment defendant entered a not guilty plea.

A jury trial was held in Tompkins County Court in March, 1961 but the jury was unable to agree. A second jury trial begun in June, 1961 also resulted in a disagreement. (Three counts of the indictment were dismissed previous to the second trial.)

In November, 1961 the trial venue was changed to the Supreme Court for Broome County upon the…