Court Opinion

ID: 5823891
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 21:17:16.651685+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:43:13.226205
License: Public Domain

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to prohibit the further prosecution of petitioner under Kings County Indictment No. 821-1977 or, in the alternative, to disqualify the respondent Justice from further participation in the event of a retrial. Petition granted to the extent that the retrial should be held before a Justice other than the respondent Held. Proceeding otherwise dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements. While what occurred upon the first trial of the indictment must be deplored, the record makes it clear that petitioner was not prejudiced thereby and that the mistrial resulted from the granting of his motion for such relief. Upon the argument of this application, the District Attorney stipulated that, upon the retrial, he would call no witnesses other than those called by him on the first trial, unless the petitioner should call additional alibi witnesses. Damiani, J. P., Suozzi, Rabin and Shapiro, JJ., concur.