People v. Wingard

Chief Judge Fuld.

On the evening, of April 4, 1972, the defendants, 10 teenagers, were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, a violation, for engaging in a fight which “ resulted in traffic being stopped ” on Main Street in Buffalo (Penal Law, § 240.20, subd. 1). Following their arraignment in the city court, the cases were set down for trial. On April 11, the day before the scheduled trial, a representative of the corporation counsel — who prosecutes violations in Buffalo — spoke to the city court judge (Mazur, J.) and told him that he “ would like to get out earl[y] ” on the 12th.…