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People ex rel. De Vasto v. Dillon

278 A.D. 674 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1951-02-26 English

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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Michael A. De Vasto, Appellant, against John J. Dillon, as Undersheriff of Orange County, Respondent.

Order dismissing a writ of habeas corpus, affirmed. The dismissal of the second indictment was not accomplished pursuant to section 671 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. That statute is the successor of a nolle prosequi relating to discontinuance of prosecution rather than the indictment as a means of instituting the prosecution. (Matter of McDonald v. Sobel, 272 App. Div. 455 , affd. 297 N. Y. 679 ; Moulton v. Reecher, 1 Abb. N. C. 193 , 203.) Carswell, Acting P. J., Johnston, Adel, Wenzel and MacCrate, JJ., concur.

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