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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