PEOPLE v. COHEN


187 Misc.2d 117 (2000)

718 N.Y.S.2d 147

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. ADAM COHEN, STANLEY COHEN, JAMIE K. C. SCHER (Nee JAMIE COHEN), TODD SPEHLER and EILEEN TORRILLO, Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

November 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arkin, Kaplan & Cohen L. L. P., New York City (Stanley S. Arkin, Mark S. Cohen and Sean R. O'Brien of counsel), for Adam Cohen, Stanley Cohn and Jamie K. C. Scher, defendants.

Roger J. Schwarz, New York City, for Todd Spehler, defendant.

Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker, L. L. P., New York City (Edward J. M. Little and David Liston of counsel), for Eileen Torrillo, defendant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, New York City (Adam A. Reeves, Harold J. Wilson and John Moscow of counsel), for plaintiff.


OPINION OF THE COURT

BERNARD J. FRIED, J.

Defendants Adam Cohen, Stanley Cohen, Jamie K. C. Scher (nee Jamie Cohen), Todd Spehler and Eileen Torrillo are charged in a 27-count indictment, which includes 21 counts of perjury in the first degree. At issue is whether the State of New York has jurisdiction over these perjury charges, and whether New York's perjury statute encompasses perjury before the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).

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