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PEOPLE v. DUMAS

68 N.Y.2d 729 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert L. Dumas, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Felix Fausto, Also Known as Fausto Felix, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin J. Nichinsky and Philip L. Weinstein for appellants.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Barbara A. Sheehan and Amyjane Rettew of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges MEYER, SIMONS, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur; Judge KAYE taking no part.

MEMORANDUM.

The orders of the Appellate Term should be reversed and the orders of the Criminal Court should be reinstated.

We agree with the Criminal Court that the misdemeanor complaints are facially insufficient.

In the Dumas case the factual portion of the complaint simply states: "Deponent is informed by an undercover police officer of the New York City...

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