People v. Forbes

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Carter, J), rendered August 18, 2008, convicting her of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the grand jury proceeding did not fail to conform to the requirements of CPL article 190 to such a degree that the integrity thereof was impaired. Therefore, the Supreme Court properly denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment on that ground (see CPL 210.35 [5]; People v Aarons, 2 NY3d 547, 552…