Does a District Attorney have the authority to prosecute cases in the Magistrates' Court?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Halbreich, 18 Misc.2d 473, 186 N.Y.S.2d 689 (N.Y. Sp. Sess. 1959):
GASSMAN, P. J. and ACQUAVELLA, J., concur in the result, but dissent from that portion of the opinion which holds that the District Attorney is the only officer who may prosecute cases in the Magistrates' Court.
People v. Montgomery, 7 Misc.2d 294, 166 N.Y.S.2d 455.
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