Legal Opinion
People v. Morales
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 30, 1979PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
The People appeal from (1) an order of the County Court, Rockland County, which, after a hearing, granted a motion by defendant to suppress certain tapes, and (2) a trial order of dismissal, which dismissed the indictment at the conclusion of the suppression hearing.
The trial order of dismissal should be affirmed, and the appeal from the order of suppression should be dismissed as academic in view of that determination.
The threshold issue on this appeal is whether retrial of the defendant is barred by double jeopardy.
In pretrial hearings, the People claimed that when the…
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