People v. Morrison (Walter)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

against

Walter Morrison, Defendant-Appellant.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York County (Heidi C. Cesare, J.), rendered March 11, 2015, convicting him, upon a plea of guilty, of fraudulent accosting, and imposing sentence.

Judgment of conviction (Heidi C. Cesare, J.), rendered March 11, 2015, reversed, on the law, and the accusatory instrument is dismissed.

The accusatory instrument charging fraudulent accosting (see Penal Law §165.30[1]) was jurisdictionally defective. The instrument recited,…