People v. Twedt

OPINION OF THE COURT

Phylis Skloot Bamberger, J.

*666This court ordered a mistrial on January 4, 2005 after the People’s opening statement. This opinion sets out the findings and conclusions supporting the mistrial and the reasons it was manifestly necessary.

The defendant was charged on August 30, 2003 with falsely reporting an incident in the third degree, an A misdemeanor. Defense counsel filed a notice of appearance on October 16, 2003. In the criminal court, the case was before at least four judges for various pretrial motions made by counsel. On January 3, 2005, after the merger of the Supreme…