The question presented is under the particular facts of the instant case does CPL 40.40 (1) bar the prosecution of an assault charge when there has been a prior disposition of a trespass charge and both charges arise out of the same criminal transaction. CPL 40.40 (1) prohibits separate prosecutions where two or more offenses are joinable in a single accusatory instrument by reason of being based on the same criminal transaction....
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