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People v. King

Criminal Court of the City of New York

Decided January 4, 1988PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*1088OPINION OF THE COURT

Max Sayah, J.

THE ISSUE

In the absence of specific legislative enactment, the court by this decision and ordér sets forth a procedural standard calculated to convert jurisdictionally defective misdemeanor complaints into trial-ready informations in cases involving child complaining witnesses. The issue we address is: How may a child witness, who subscribes to and who satisfies the factual part of the misdemeanor complaint alleging facts supporting the charges, verify his or her statements so as to convert the instrument into an information?

THE FACTS

In the two instant cases,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. People v. RosarioNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
  3. People v. AlejandroNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  4. Wheeler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  5. People v. NisoffNew York Court of Appeals · 1975

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. People v. PhillipeCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1989
  2. People v. PierreCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1988
  3. People v. CortezCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1988
  4. People v. SolerCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1989
  5. People v. MaloneCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1988

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