PEOPLE v. WILSON


8 N.Y.2d 391 (1960)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Herbert Wilson, Alias King Solomon Johnson, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 30, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Carley for appellant.

Frank D. O'Connor, District Attorney (Benj. J. Jacobson of counsel), for respondent.

Judges FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER concur with Chief Judge DESMOND; Judge FROESSEL dissents in an opinion in which Judge DYE concurs.


Chief Judge DESMOND.

We must answer this question: is a defendant denied due process when, after an indictment against him has been dismissed for want of a speedy trial, he is reindicted for the same crime? Specifically, were this defendant's rights infringed when, in reliance on section 673 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, he was reindicted in November, 1958 on the...

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