MATTER OF VERGARI v. WALSH


90 A.D.2d 801 (1982)

In the Matter of Carl A. Vergari, as District Attorney of Westchester County, Petitioner, v. John J. Walsh, as Acting Justice of The Supreme Court, et al., Respondents

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

November 15, 1982


Petition granted, on the law, without costs or disbursements, to the extent that the respondent Judge cannot decline to instruct the jury with respect to every element of the crime charged, and must instruct the jury if, in fact, a concession as to one element of the crime has been made. The proceeding is otherwise dismissed.

It is well settled that "[t]he courts may not entertain a collateral proceeding to review an error of law in a pending criminal action, however...

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