People v. Ferenchak

*1693Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a nonjury verdict of criminal contempt in the second degree (Penal Law § 215.50 [3]), arising from his violation of an order of protection. We agree with defendant that the misdemeanor information upon which he was prosecuted was jurisdictionally defective because it did not contain allegations that, if true, established his knowledge of the order of protection (see generally CPL 100.15 [3]; 100.40 [1] [c]; People v Kalin, 12 NY3d 225, 228-229 [2009]; cf. People v Inserra, 4 NY3d 30, 32-33 [2004]). “It is a fundamental and…