Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition to prohibit the respondents from retrying the petitioner in a criminal action entitled People v Smith, pending in the Supreme Court, Queens County, under indictment No. 1075/09, on the ground that retrial would violate his constitutional right not to be placed twice in jeopardy for the same offense.
Adjudged that the petition is granted, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the respondents...
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