Case Name: In the Matter of Anthony Thomas et al., Petitioners, v. Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Queens County, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-04-07
Citations: 304 A.D.2d 585
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Anthony Thomas et al., Petitioners, v Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Queens County, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 304
Pages: 585–586

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Anthony Thomas et al., Petitioners, v Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Queens County, et al., Respondents.
[756 NYS2d 909]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition, inter alia, to preclude the respondent Honorable Roger N. Rosengarten from retrying the petitioners in a criminal action entitled People v Anthony Thomas and Thomas Boone, pending in the Supreme Court, Queens County, under Indictment No. 951/01.
Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
The petitioners failed to join and serve a necessary party, the District Attorney of Queens County (see CPLR 7804 [i]). Feuerstein, J.P., Smith, H. Miller and Townes, JJ., concur.