Legal Opinion
The People v. Ricky A. Lynch
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 9, 2015No. 77PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Lippman.
In this appeal, we determine whether defendant’s second prosecution in New York was based on the same criminal transaction as a previous prosecution, and thus barred by New York’s statutory double jeopardy protections. We hold that these prosecutions involved different criminal transactions.
On June 15, 2009, defendant used false information when filling out an application (an MV-44 form) for a non-driver identification card, a form he submitted to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in Suffolk County. On the application, defendant…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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