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People v. Van Sickle

192 N.E.2d 9, 13 N.Y.2d 61, 242 N.Y.S.2d 34, 1963 N.Y. LEXIS 1022
CourtNew York Court of Appeals
DecidedJuly 10, 1963
StatusPublished
Cited by51 cases

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People v. Van Sickle, 192 N.E.2d 9, 13 N.Y.2d 61, 242 N.Y.S.2d 34, 1963 N.Y. LEXIS 1022 (N.Y. 1963).

Opinions

Chief Judge Desmond.

I join in the court’s negative answer to the only question presented to us on this appeal, that is: must a criminal conviction be reversed solely because the lay complaining witness was allowed to conduct the prosecution? If there was before us for decision the much broader question as to the District Attorney’s rights and duties I would say that the courts as well as the District Attorney himself must obey the plain, clear mandate of subdivision 1 of section 700 of the County Law. That statute does not necessarily mean that the District Attorney or his deputy must be physically present at every criminal hearing in the county. However, it means at least that the District Attorney, as the elected representative of the people and charged with this responsibility, must carry the responsibility and must set up a system whereby he knows of all the criminal [63]*63prosecutions in his county and either appears therein in person or by assistant or consents to appearance on his behalf by other public officers or private attorneys.

I concur for reversal.

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192 N.E.2d 9, 13 N.Y.2d 61, 242 N.Y.S.2d 34, 1963 N.Y. LEXIS 1022, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-van-sickle-ny-1963.