People v. Romano

Defendant was indicted for perjury in the first degree, accused of having testified falsely before a Grand Jury that she had never gone out socially with one Joseph Hili, whose killing was then under investigation by the Grand Jury. The indictment alleges, inter alla, that if the defendant had testified truthfully “ regarding her relationship with the deceased, she could have established a possible motive, to wit: jealousy for the crime in that the defendants [sic] husband ralph romano was a target of the investigation ”.

Defendant moves to strike the above-quoted portion of the indictment on…