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PEOPLE v. POTTER

172 Misc.2d 409 (1997)

658 N.Y.S.2d 790

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Marcella Potter, Defendant.

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

March 24, 1997

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney of Bronx County (Joseph McCormack of counsel), for plaintiff. Marvin Ray Raskin, Bronx, for defendant.

HAROLD ADLER, J.

This case involves some of the most volatile issues facing the criminal justice system, including matters of race, the difficulty of some courts to sustain any meaningful trial capacity and the common practice of prosecutors reducing charges on the eve or day of trial. This latter practice, sometimes resulting in the forfeiture of a defendant's right to a jury trial, is a convention often...

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