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PEOPLE v. INSERRA

4 N.Y.3d 30 (2004)

823 N.E.2d 437

790 N.Y.S.2d 72

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. PETER INSERRA, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 30, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens (Sharon Y. Brodt, Jennifer Hagan, John M. Castellano and Gary Fidel of counsel), for appellant.

Legal Aid Society Criminal Appeals Bureau, New York City (Amy Donner and Laura R. Johnson of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges G.B. SMITH, CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ and R.S. SMITH concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENBLATT, J.

On this appeal by the People, we address the sufficiency of an information charging defendant with criminal contempt of an order of protection. In particular, we must decide whether a defendant's name on the signature line of an order of protection adequately supports an allegation that the defendant knew of the order's contents. We hold that it does.

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