People v. Orta

OPINION OF THE COURT

Order, dated March 15, 2016, reversed, on the law, motion denied, and the counts of the superseding information charging defendant with criminal trespass in the third degree and trespass are reinstated.

The accusatory instrument was not jurisdictionally defective. Giving the superseding information “a fair and not overly restrictive or technical reading” (People v Casey, 95 NY2d 354, 360 [2000]), we find “as a matter of common sense and reasonable pleading” (People v Davis, 13 NY3d 17, 31 [2009]) that it was legally sufficient to charge defendant with criminal trespass in…