Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1986

Zeigler v. Morgenthau

Zeigler v. Morgenthau
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided April 3, 1986
119 A.D.2d 454; 500 N.Y.S.2d 225; 1986 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 55409
Zeigler v. Morgenthau

Opinion of the Court

— Upon remittitur from the Court of Appeals, the petition seeking a writ prohibiting respondents from fur*455ther 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.

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