PEOPLE v. PEREZ


269 A.D.2d 321 (2000)

704 N.Y.S.2d 215

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. CARLOS PEREZ, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided February 29, 2000.


A Grand Jury may return an indictment when there is competent evidence before it legally sufficient to establish that the defendant committed the offense charged (CPL 190.65 [1]). "Inquiry into the adequacy of the proof to establish reasonable cause—the `degree of certitude' the evidence provides—is exclusively the province of the Grand Jury" (People v Swamp, 84 N.Y.2d 725, 730). In evaluating the legal sufficiency...

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