Legal Opinion
People v. Baptiste
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 25, 1988PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
Defendant appeals from an order of the Appellate Term which affirmed a judgment entered on a guilty plea convicting *358him of the misdemeanor of sexual abuse in the third degree. The guilty plea was entered after an earlier trial had been terminated without his consent because the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Defendant contends that the trial was unnecessarily aborted and thus his reprosecution violated the Double Jeopardy Clauses of the United States and New York Constitutions (US Const 5th Amend; NY Const, art I, § 6).* We agree and reverse the order of…
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