Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1964

People v. Sherman

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 9, 1964

45 Misc. 2d 92; 256 N.Y.S.2d 144; 1964 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1219

Counsel

Allan Sturim for appellant. William Cahn, District Attorney (Donald P. De Riggi of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Defendant’s plea of guilty to the charge of violating section 4 of the Explosive Ordinance of the Town of North Hempstead (unlawful discharge of a firearm) barred, upon the ground of double jeopardy, a subsequent prosecution for the same offense under subdivision 4 of section 1904 of the Penal Law. (People v. Chessman, 13 N Y 2d 793; People ex rel. Ostwald v. Craver, 272 App. Div. 181; People ex rel. Hunt v. McDonnell, 201 Misc. 406, affd. 279 App. Div. 923; see, also, Code Crim. Pro., § 673.)

The judgment of conviction should be unanimously reversed on the law and complaint dismissed.

Concur — Di Giovanna, Benjamin and Hargett, JJ.

Judgment reversed, etc.

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