People etc. v Gregory M. Drayton

People etc. v Gregory M. Drayton
Motion No: 2009-1202
Slip Opinion No: 2009 NY Slip Op 91568
Decided on December 17, 2009
Court of Appeals Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.



The People etc.,

Respondent,


v

Gregory M. Drayton,

Appellant.

Motion to dismiss appeal granted and appeal dismissed upon the ground that the criminal prosecution has abated by reason of defendant's death (see People v Mintz, 20 NY2d 770, 771 [1967]).