Legal Opinion
People v. Liburb
Criminal Court of the City of New York
Decided October 19, 1999PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
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Harold Adler, J.
This decision addresses the procedure for reducing felonies to misdemeanors, a procedure that is performed hundreds of times each day and that has direct bearing on the legitimacy and viability of many thousands of pending cases in lower criminal courts across this State.
The confusing language of CPL 180.50, which establishes a procedure for the reduction of felonies to misdemeanors, has resulted in two recent Court of Appeals decisions, People v Yolles (92 NY2d 960 [1998]) and People v Dion (93 NY2d 893 [1999], rearg denied 93 NY2d 1042 [1999]). Despite…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. MinorAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1989
- People ex rel. Leventhal v. Warden of Rikers IslandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- People v. YollesNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- People v. JonesAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1991
- People v. DionNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
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3Cited by1 opinion
- People v. DeShazoNassau County District Court · 2000