People v. Haynesworth

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jo Ann Ferdinand, J.

Defendant stands charged with criminal contempt in the second degree (Penal Law § 215.50 [3]) and criminal trespass in the third degree (Penal Law § 140.10). In a pretrial omnibus *431motion, defendant moves to dismiss the accusatory instrument as facially insufficient.

To be facially sufficient, the factual part of an information must provide reasonable cause to believe that the defendant committed the offense charged, and the nonhearsay allegations must establish, if true, every element of the offense charged (CPL 100.40 [1] [b], [c]). An information which…