PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS


81 A.D.2d 418 (1981)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Joseph Williams, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

July 6, 1981


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Santucci, District Attorney (Barry A. Schwartz of counsel), for appellant.

Peter R. Cooperman for respondent.

LAZER, GIBBONS and COHALAN, JJ., concur.


HOPKINS, J. P.

Criminal Term has dismissed the indictment which charged the defendant with manslaughter in the second degree. The dismissal was predicated on the immunity enjoyed by the defendant as the result of his previous testimony before the Grand Jury (see CPL 50.10, subd 3; 190. 40). The issue before us is whether the defendant's testimony has the quality of conferring transactional immunity, thus rendering the prosecution impotent from later charging...

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