People v. Bloomenstiel

One of the all-too-few gratifying rewards of judicial life in these lower Criminal Courts occurs when lawyers submit well-written memoranda which provoke legal novelty. This is one of those times. For counsel for the complainant and defendant have briefed their points with good form, good argument and plausible logic. I am appreciative. Their efforts have clarified their respective claims. They have narrowed the present legal conflicts. And by their agreement on the salient facts, simplified factual findings. This is advocacy in its finest sense. With it all, however, the legal question of…