PEOPLE v. LIBURB


182 Misc.2d 356 (1999)

697 N.Y.S.2d 919

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. SIDNEY LIBURB, Defendant.

Criminal Court, Bronx County.

October 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry M. Forman, Brooklyn, for defendant.

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney of Bronx County (Raquel Centeno of counsel), for plaintiff.


OPINION OF THE COURT

HAROLD ADLER, J.

This decision addresses the procedure for reducing felonies to misdemeanors, a procedure that is performed hundreds of times each day and that has direct bearing on the legitimacy and viability of many thousands of pending cases in lower criminal courts across this State.

The confusing language of CPL 180.50, which establishes a procedure for the reduction of...

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