Fraser v. Park Newspapers of St. Lawrence, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtYesawich Jr., J.
*895Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Demarest, J.), entered July 22, 1997 in St. Lawrence County, which denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
This defamation action arises out of defendant’s publication of a newspaper article indicating that plaintiff had pleaded guilty to a charge of public lewdness, when in fact he had not entered any plea in connection with the charge but had received an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal (hereinafter ACOD; see, CPL 170.55; Grobe v Three Vil. Herald, 69 AD2d 175, 176-177, affd 49 NY2d 932). In addition to…
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