Legal Opinion
People v. Anonymous
Criminal Court of the City of New York
Decided November 20, 1984PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Stanley Gartenstein, J.
Defendant, who is accused of reckless driving (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1190); and driving while intoxicated (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192 [2]), is the first cousin of an Assistant District Attorney of New York County. He bears the same surname as his cousin.
Upon arraignment, because the Trial Bureau to which defendant’s cousin is assigned was on “intake” that day, the case was allocated to the Criminal Court All-Purpose Part in which said Bureau functions. When this fortuitous coincidence was discovered, the case was reassigned to a different…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- People v. . FieldingNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Hassan v. Magistrates' CourtNew York Supreme Court · 1959
- People v. Van SickleNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
- People v. CzajkaNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Morgenthau v. CraneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Holtzman v. HellenbrandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- People v. AbajianNew York Justice Court · 1989
- People v. NuzziNew York Supreme Court · 1985
- People v. WyattCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1988
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