Case Name: In the Matter of Cynthia Zeigler, Petitioner, v. Robert M. Morgenthau, as District Attorney of New York County, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1986-04-03
Citations: 119 A.D.2d 454
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Cynthia Zeigler, Petitioner, v Robert M. Morgenthau, as District Attorney of New York County, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 119
Pages: 454–455

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Cynthia Zeigler, Petitioner, v Robert M. Morgenthau, as District Attorney of New York County, et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
— Upon remittitur from the Court of Appeals, the petition seeking a writ prohibiting respondents from fur ther prosecution of petitioner under indictment No. 852/83 is granted.
The Court of Appeals having adopted the reasoning in the dissenting memorandum of then Justice Fritz W. Alexander, II (99 AD2d 989, 990-991), that there was no manifest necessity for the Trial Judge's decision to grant a mistrial, and having remitted to this court for entry of an order, we order that the petition be granted and the indictment dismissed. Concur — Kupferman, J. P., Sandler, Carro and Milonas, JJ.