Legal Opinion
People v. Rickert
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 15, 1983PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
The questions posed in common by these five appeals call upon us to interpret CPL 170.40 for the first time since it was amended in 1979 (L 1979, ch 216, § 1, eff Jan. 1,1980). Particularly, these probe a local criminal court’s authority to dismiss an information in the interest of justice.
In each case, the Onondaga County Court, in the exercise of its appellate jurisdiction (CPL 450.60, subd 3), reversed an order of the Syracuse City Court, which, acting under CPL 170.40, dismissed an information charging a father with nonsupport of his child in violation of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- People v. BerkowitzNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. ClaytonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973
- People v. ConaNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. ZimmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Matter of McDonald v. SobelNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
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3Cited by113 opinions
- Ryan v. New York Telephone Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Holtzman v. GoldmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- Hollender v. Trump Village Cooperative, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. DouglassNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. ShedrickAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
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