Opinion
2001-11026, 1998-10581
Submitted November 20, 2001.
December 31, 2001.
Appeal by the People, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the County Court, Suffolk County (Weber, J.), dated October 19, 1998, as granted that branch of the defendant's motion which was to dismiss counts one and four of Suffolk County Indictment No. 1044/97.
James M. Catterson, Jr., District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Thomas C. Costello of counsel), for appellant.
Robert C. Mitchell, Riverhead, N.Y. (Gregory J. Neilon of counsel), for respondent.
Before: SONDRA MILLER, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, THOMAS A. ADAMS, BARRY A. COZIER, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, that branch of the motion is denied, the counts are reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the County Court, Suffolk County, for further proceedings.
It was improper for the County Court to dismiss two counts of the indictment. This was not the rare and "unusual case that cries out for fundamental justice beyond the confines of conventional considerations" (People v. Belge, 41 N.Y.2d 60, 62-63 [concurring opn by Fuchsberg, J.]; see, People v. Insignares, 109 A.D.2d 221).
S. MILLER, J.P., FRIEDMANN, ADAMS and COZIER, JJ., concur.