Legal Opinion

Drucker v. Boklan

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 2, 1990Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to prohibit the trial of indictment No. 70687, on the ground that a trial would violate the petitioner’s right against double jeopardy.

Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.

Dismissal on double jeopardy grounds is not warranted here, where the District Court of Nassau County, at the time that it accepted a plea of guilty, had been divested of jurisdiction by the indictment of the petitioner on the same charge (see, People v Anderson, 140 AD2d 528; People v Phillips, 66 AD2d 696, affd 48 NY2d…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. PhillipsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
  2. People v. PhillipsNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. People v. AndersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

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