PEOPLE v. ADAMES


83 N.Y.2d 89 (1993)

629 N.E.2d 391

607 N.Y.S.2d 919

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Adames, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur H. Hopkirk, New York City, and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, New York City (Sylvia Wertheimer and Mark Dwyer of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., SMITH and LEVINE concur.


BELLACOSA, J.

This appeal, on a grant of leave to defendant by a Judge of this Court, presents a narrow question. The case, which has generated a constitutional double jeopardy claim, has traveled an unusual procedural path. At defendant's first trial, the court reserved decision on defendant's motion for a mistrial based on prosecutorial misconduct. The case proceeded to a jury verdict of guilt, which was subsequently...

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