Defendant moves the court to quash the indictment against him/her. Defendant argues that the indictment fails to supply required information, and the indictment is also vague and ambiguous and does not apprise the defendant of the charge against him/her with sufficient specificity to permit adequate preparation of a defense.
New York Motion to Quash Indictment
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The Prosecutor has six months to indict a Defendant for a felony charge. if the Grand Jury indicts the defendant, then the felony case is on the trial track. Time lines and procedural guidelines must be followed by the court.
Preliminary Hearing If the Judge decides that there is enough evidence, the prosecutor has 45 more days to take the case to the grand jury. If the prosecutor does not present evidence that you committed any crime, the court must release you from custody.
A case gets dismissed through the C.P.L. 30.30 speedy trial statute when the prosecution is not ready for trial within the following number of days: 30 days (non-criminal violations); 60 days (Class B misdemeanors);
CPL 180.80 currently provides that a court must release a defendant "on his own recognizance" where the defendant has been held in custody on a felony complaint for more than 120 hours without a disposition of the felony complaint or commencement of a felony hearing (the period is extended to 144 hours where a Saturday ...
The Prosecutor has six months to indict a Defendant for a felony charge. if the Grand Jury indicts the defendant, then the felony case is on the trial track. Time lines and procedural guidelines must be followed by the court.
? IN GENERAL: Criminal Procedure Law § 30.30, also known as ?statutory speedy trial,? requires the prosecution to establish its readiness for trial on an ?offense? within a specific codified time period after the commencement of a criminal action (which occurs, generally, by the filing of the initial accusatory).
After arraignment upon an indictment, the superior court may, upon motion of the defendant, dismiss such indictment or any count thereof upon the ground that: (a) Such indictment or count is defective, within the meaning of section 210.25; or (b) The evidence before the grand jury was not legally sufficient to ...
