PEOPLE v. McGINNIS

2013CN000244

42 Misc.3d 183 (2013)

972 N.Y.S.2d 882

2013 NY Slip Op 23353

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. FELICIA McGINNIS, Defendant.

Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York County.

Decided October 15, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Martone for defendant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney ( Lauren Manso of counsel), for plaintiff.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FELICIA A. MENNIN, J.

The slavish reliance on a preprinted, check-off-type supporting deposition to expedite the processing of a complaint charging loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense (Penal Law § 240.37 [2]) can inadvertently render the accusatory instrument a legal nullity. Such conclusion is compelled when, as in this case, the accusatory instrument, reduced to its essence, merely provides that a woman...

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