People v. Shaw

Harold E. Moore, Jr., J.

Defendant moves to dismiss the information herein for legal insufficiency. The information alleges that defendant took certain heifers with the intent to deprive the owner of their use. The information fails to state who the owner of the cattle is or under what circumstances they were taken.

In order to find this information insufficient in form, the court must determine that the allegations contained therein do not adequately inform the defendant of the nature of the charge against him, and the acts constituting the crime. (People v. Pullman, 3 Misc 2d 188; People v.…