Legal Opinion
People v. Periodical Distributors of Greater New York, Inc.
New York County Courts
Decided August 28, 1956PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtHyman Barshay, J.
The defendants were indicted in separate indictments for a violation of section 1141 of the Penal Law. They now move to dismiss each of the indictments on several grounds, only one of which the court will consider in this decision, to wit: the lack of jurisdiction of the Additional Grand Jury of June, 1955, as extended, to indict for the crimes alleged.
The Grand Jury which voted these indictments in May, 1956, was duly empaneled by the Hon. Samuel S. Leibowitz, a County Judge of Kings County, as an Additional Grand Jury for the regular June Term, 1955 over which he was duly assigned to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matter of Russo v. ValentineNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- United States v. RockefellerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1914