People v. Lessoff & Berger

OPINION OF THE COURT

Michael R. Juviler, J.

This is a written version of an oral decision on a motion to *1097dismiss the indictment. The defendant Lessoff is a lawyer whose office is in Manhattan. The codefendant is the law partnership in which the defendant Lessoff is a partner. The issue is whether a law partnership may be indicted for crimes of fraud, and if so, whether a partnership may be indicted if only one partner is involved in the alleged crimes.

The evidence before the Grand Jury showed that the defendant Lessoff referred clients in personal injury accident cases to a radiologist in…