People v. Tzatzimakis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the People from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County (Rohl, J.), dated October 22, 1987, which granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment on the ground of the prosecutor’s failure to state a prima facie case in his opening statement.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, the motion is denied and the indictment is reinstated.
The defendant was charged with insurance fraud in the third degree (Penal Law § 176.20; see also, Penal Law § 176.05). A nonjury trial was commenced and, therefore, the prosecutor was not required to deliver an opening statement…
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