Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and information dismissed.
Memorandum:
A defendant may not waive indictment by a Grand Jury and consent to be prosecuted by a superior court information unless a local criminal court has held the defendant for the action of a Grand Jury (NY Const, art I, § 6; CPL 195.10). Here County Court lacks jurisdiction to proceed on the superior court information even though defendant waived indictment and consented to be...
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