People v. Hayes

Appeal by the People from an order of the County Court, Dutchess County (King, J.), dated October 3, 1986, which granted that branch of the defendant’s motion which was to dismiss the indictment on the ground that the evidence before the Grand Jury was not legally sufficient to support the charge.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, and the motion insofar as it is to dismiss the indictment on the ground of legal insufficiency is denied.

Contrary to the County Court’s determination, we find that the evidence presented to the Grand Jury was legally sufficient to establish a prima…