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MATTER OF HYNES v. GEORGE

76 N.Y.2d 500 (1990)

In the Matter of Charles J. Hynes, as District Attorney of Kings County, Respondent, v. Norman George, as Justice of the Supreme Court, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 16, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Wasserman and Robert M. Baum for Daniel Ruso, appellant.

Milton Stern and Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (O. Peter Sherwood, Lawrence S. Kahn and Harvey M. Berman of counsel), for Norman George, appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney (Ann Bordley, Jay M. Cohen and Peter A. Weinstein of counsel), for respondent pro se.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE and BELLACOSA concur.

HANCOCK, JR., J.

The People three times announced their readiness for trial in the case of People v Daniel Ruso. On the date the trial was to commence, however, the prosecutor sought an adjournment because the complaining witness failed to appear at a meeting that morning and could not be reached by telephone. The trial court denied the request and ordered the trial to proceed. The issue is whether the...

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