Kuriansky v. Azam
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— In a criminal contempt proceeding for failure to comply with a Grand Jury subpoena, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings *944County (Gorges, J.), entered June 27, 1991, which found the appellants to be in criminal contempt, fined each of them $1,000, and sentenced Chowdhury Azam to a term of 30 days imprisonment.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The petitioner, while conducting a criminal investigation, issued a subpoena duces tecum to the appellant Church Avenue Pharmacy Corp. Inc. and its co-owner the appellant Chowdhury Azam (hereinafter Azam). The subpoena…
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