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People v. Percy, Strong, Cameron

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 29, 1975
38 N.Y.2d 806 (N.Y. 1975)

Opinion

Argued November 24, 1975

Decided December 29, 1975

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, PIERRE G. LUNDBERG, J.

Henry F. O'Brien, District Attorney (Francis W. Rhinow of counsel), for appellant.

Francis Bergan for George W. Percy, respondent.

John Joseph Sutter for John G. Strong and R. Thomas Strong, respondents.

Robert C. Alexander for Robert Cameron, respondent.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Noting that the People were granted leave both in County Court and at the Appellate Division to resubmit the charges to another Grand Jury, we affirm for the reasons set forth in the Per Curiam opinion at the Appellate Division. In so doing we also express our agreement with the views expressed in that opinion with respect to the disposition of a motion to dismiss an indictment under CPL 210.35 (subd 5) for failure to have recorded the instructions to the Grand Jury in accordance with the mandate of CPL 190.25 (subd 6). Here it was conceded on oral argument that only "insignificant" portions of such instructions had been recorded.

On this disposition of the appeals we do not reach and accordingly express no opinion with reference to the several motions to dismiss the indictments on the ground of insufficiency of evidence.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.

Order affirmed in a memorandum.


Summaries of

People v. Percy, Strong, Cameron

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 29, 1975
38 N.Y.2d 806 (N.Y. 1975)
Case details for

People v. Percy, Strong, Cameron

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. GEORGE W. PERCY, JOHN…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 29, 1975

Citations

38 N.Y.2d 806 (N.Y. 1975)
382 N.Y.S.2d 39
345 N.E.2d 582

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