PEOPLE v. NELSON


167 Misc.2d 665 (1995)

___ N.Y.S.2d ___

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Lemrick Nelson, Jr., Defendant.

Criminal Court of the City of New York, Kings County.

October 26, 1995


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trevor L. F. Headley, Brooklyn, for defendant. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County (Gerald G. Allen of counsel), for plaintiff.


CHARLES J. HEFFERNAN, JR., J.

This case presents a question of first impression: whether a District Attorney whose office unsuccessfully prosecuted a defendant for murder, and who later actively petitioned the Attorney General of the United States for an investigation which resulted in Federal charges against defendant for the same conduct which formed the basis of his State murder trial, should be disqualified...

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