People v. Dumay

OPINION OF THE COURT

Rivera, J.

On appeal, defendant Joseph Dumay challenges the facial sufficiency of the People’s accusatory instrument, which charged him with, inter alia, obstructing governmental administration *521in the second degree by preventing a police officer from patrolling the neighborhood. We hold that defendant waived prosecution by information, and the accusatory instrument met the factual sufficiency requirements of a misdemeanor complaint.

Defendant was arrested on a public street in Brooklyn, New York, for obstructing a police officer’s exercise of his official duties. According…