A June 1997 indictment charged petitioner with two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. The matter came on for trial on January 7, 1998. On the first day of trial, a jury was selected and sworn. During the following night, however, a severe ice storm struck the region (and, in fact, the entire northeast United States and adjacent Canadian provinces) and St. Lawrence County was declared a disaster area. A state...
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