Legal Opinion
People v. Beauchamp
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 9, 1989PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be modified by reversing the convictions of the crimes charged in counts 15, 16 and 17 of the indictment and dismissing those counts with leave to the People, should they be so advised, to resubmit the charges to another Grand Jury and, as so modified, affirmed.
On these cross appeals, we agree with defendant that his pretrial motion to dismiss all counts for duplicitousness should have been granted. In People v Keindl (68 NY2d 410, 417-418) we stated that "each count of an indictment [may] charge only one offense” and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. IannoneNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. KeindlNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. MorrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
3Cited by64 opinions
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- People v. PersaudAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- State v. D.R.H.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1992
- People v. LanfairAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- People v. WattNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
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