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Reference to Statute in Indictment Cures Any Omission from the Indictment’s Description of the Elements of the Offense

The Third Department noted that failure to include an element of an offense in the description of the offense in the indictment is cured by a reference (in the indictment) to the relevant statute:

To be sure, defendant's claim that the indictment at issue is jurisdictionally defective survives both his guilty plea and his waiver of the right to appeal … . That said, “[w]here an indictment count incorporates by reference the statutory provision applicable to the crime intended to be charged, it has been repeatedly held that this is sufficient to apprise the defendant of the charge and, therefore, renders the count jurisdictionally valid” … .

Here, defendant pleaded guilty under count 1 of the indictment to the reduced charge of attempting promoting prison contraband in the first degree (see Penal Law §§ 110.00, 205.25 [1]). While it is true that count 1 of the indictment did not allege that defendant “knowingly and unlawfully” introduced dangerous contraband into the correctional facility where he was incarcerated, said count did expressly incorporate by reference the provisions of Penal Law § 205.25 (1), thereby rendering such count jurisdictionally valid… . People v Cane, 2014 NY Slip Op 08879, 3rd Dept 12-18-14

 

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