Legal Opinion
Steingut v. Gold
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 14, 1977PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWachtler, J.
On this appeal we are asked to rule on the correctness of the Appellate Division’s granting of an article 78 petition in the nature of a writ of prohibition. Inextricably involved in that question is whether the so-called "injured forum” provision of the Criminal Procedure Law conferred jurisdiction on Kings County to indict and prosecute the petitioners (CPL 20.40, subd 2).
The petitioners were indicted by a Kings County Grand Jury and jointly charged with two felony counts of corrupt use of position or authority in violation of the Election Law. Section 448 of the Election Law provides, in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Proskin v. County Court of Albany CountyNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
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3Cited by126 opinions
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- Vega v. BellNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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