The People v. Ricky A. Lynch

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports. ----------------------------------------------------------------- No. 77 The People &c., Respondent, v. Ricky A. Lynch, Appellant. Edward Smith, for appellant. Ronnie Jane Lamm, for respondent. LIPPMAN, Chief Judge: In this appeal, we determine whether defendant's second prosecution in New York was based on the same criminal transaction as a previous prosecution, and thus barred by New York's statutory double jeopardy protections. We hold that these - 1 - - 2 - No. 77 prosecutions involved…