| People v Hope |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 05598 [174 AD3d 1069] |
| July 11, 2019 |
| Appellate Division, Third Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Appellant, v Justin Hope, Respondent. |
Rachel P. Dunn, New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs, Delmar (Caitlin Halligan of Selendy & Gay, PLLC, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.
The Kindlon Law Firm PLLC, Albany (Lee Kindlon of counsel), for respondent.
Letitia James, Attorney General, New York City (Barbara D. Underwood of counsel), in her statutory capacity under Executive Law § 71.
Rumsey, J. Appeal from an order of the County Court of Albany County (Carter, J.), entered July 28, 2017, which granted defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment.
As the circumstances under which defendant was indicted are factually indistinguishable from the circumstances under which the defendant in People v Hodgdon (— AD3d &mdash, 2019 NY Slip Op 05596 [2019] [decided herewith]) was indicted, we affirm for the reasons set forth therein.
Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Aarons and Pritzker, JJ., concur. Ordered that the order is affirmed.