Legal Opinion
People v. Wiggans
Criminal Court of the City of New York
Decided August 23, 1988PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
L. Priscilla Hall, J.
The defendant’s motion to dismiss on speedy trial grounds is hereby denied.
The substance of the defendant’s argument is that the People cannot be effectively ready for trial because the complaint was never properly converted to an information due to defective verification of the supporting deposition by the complaining witness.
In People v Pierre (140 Misc 2d 623), a New York County case cited by the defense, the court reasoned that minors under 16 cannot properly verify pursuant to CPL 100.30 (1) (d), because they cannot be criminally prosecuted for…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. AndersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- People v. PierreCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1988
- People v. MaloneCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1988
3Cited by8 opinions
- People v. PhillipeCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1989
- People v. SolerCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1989
- In re David C.New York City Family Court · 1989
- People v. ClarkeCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1994
- People v. RiveraNew York Supreme Court · 1988
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