PEOPLE v. VAN PATTEN


48 A.D.3d 30 (2007)

850 N.Y.S.2d 213

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES H. VAN PATTEN, Appellant.

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

December 27, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Cirando, Syracuse, for appellant.

Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, New York City (Benjamin E. Rosenberg of counsel), for respondent.

CARDONA, P.J., CREW III, CARPINELLO and LAHTINEN, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MERCURE, J.

In July 2004, Donald Cerio, the District Attorney for Madison County, received a letter threatening his life and the lives of his wife and children, as well as the lives of several county employees, unless Cerio ceased any prosecutions involving violations of Penal Law article 490, which prohibits, among other things, making terroristic threats. The letter was signed "James" and...

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