Legal Opinion

People v. Butts

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 28, 1999Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the People from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Marrus, J.), dated May 28, 1998, which dismissed counts one through six of the indictment, charging the defendant with murder in the first degree, upon the ground that the evidence presented to the Grand Jury was legally insufficient.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, counts one through six of the indictment charging the defendant with *654murder in the first degree are reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for further proceedings.

A Grand Jury may indict when there is…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. SwampNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. People v. Morgan, New York County Courts1998
  3. People v. HajdnakAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

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