Opinion
2020-831
11-19-2020
The PEOPLE etc., Respondent, v. James FORBES, Appellant.
On the Court's own motion, appeal dismissed upon the ground that the criminal prosecution abated by reason of defendant's death (see People v. Mintz, 20 N.Y.2d 753, 283 N.Y.S.2d 120, 229 N.E.2d 712 [1967] ; see also People v. Mason, 29 N.Y.3d 972, 52 N.Y.S.3d 281, 74 N.E.3d 665 [2017] ).