People v. Lasdon

Defendant, along with another individual, is charged in two separate indictments with a total of nine counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and fifth degrees. He now moves, pursuant to CPL 210.20 (subd 1, par [i]) and CPL 210.40, to dismiss the indictment against him in the interests of justice in that "such dismissal is required as a matter of judicial discretion by the existence of some compelling factor, consideration or circumstance clearly demonstrating that conviction or prosecution of the…