People v. Bromley

The defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment herein raises a novel issue as to whether an individual who makes allegedly false statements in a written *989confession may be subject to prosecution for the crime of making a punishable false written statement (Penal Law, § 210.45).

The defendant was indicted on October 3, 1975 for the crimes of criminal possession of stolen property (2 counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. He was also indicted for two counts of making a punishable false written statement as the result of allegedly giving two false written statements to…