Legal Opinion
People v. Cunningham
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 18, 1970PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThomas R. Jones, J.
The defendant moves, on the ground of collateral estoppel, to dismiss an indictment (3026/1969) which charges him with the crime of robbery of John T. Mewborns and other occupants of J. & M. Car Service in Brooklyn, on February 25, 1969. The District Attorney favors the dismissal of the indictment. The motion is granted.
The defendant, Thomas Cunningham, was previously tried and acquitted by this court, sitting without a jury, on another indictment (1919/1969) which charged him with the crimes of felony murder and premeditated (common-law) murder of John T. *516Mewborns, in the premises of J. & M.…
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