Legal Opinion
People v. Butler
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 22, 2005PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Judith Lies, J.
This motion involves a narrow issue of first impression that arises from the transfer on November 8, 2004, and thereafter, of this and most of the other pending misdemeanor cases from the New York City Criminal Court, Bronx County, to the newly formed Criminal Division of the Supreme Court in Bronx County — namely, whether a defendant whose case was so transferred and who stands charged with two class B misdemeanors is entitled to a trial by jury. For the reasons that follow, this court concludes that he is not.
Background
On September 8, 2004, the Honorable…
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