The following excerpt is from People v. Abraham, 24 N.Y.S.3d 894, 51 Misc.3d 755 (N.Y. Crim. Ct. 2016):
This court recognizes that a prima facie case requirement is not the same as the burden of proof, beyond a reasonable doubt, required at trial. People v. Henderson, 92 N.Y.2d 677, 680, 685 N.Y.S.2d 409, 708 N.E.2d 165 (1999). In reviewing an accusatory instrument for facial insufficiency, "[s]o long as the factual allegations of an Information give an accused
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