Opinion
November 13, 2000.
Proceeding pursuant to Judiciary Law § 509, by the petitioner, a defendant in a criminal action entitled People v. John Taylor, pending trial for murder in the first degree under Queens County Indictment No. 1845/2000, to direct the New York State Office of Court Administration and the Commissioner of Jurors of Queens County to disclose to his counsel all juror qualification questionnaires and a record of persons who are found not qualified or disqualified or who are exempted or excused, and the reasons therefor, for Queens County, from 1986 to the present, or, in the alternative, (1) to direct the Commissioner of Jurors of Queens County and the New York State Office of Court Administration to provide these materials to the court, and (2) to seal the materials for appellate review.
Capital Defender Office, New York, N.Y. (John Youngblood of counsel), for petitioner.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Gary Fidel and Sharon Y. Brodt of counsel), for respondent People of the State of New York.
Before: GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, J.P., LEO F. McGINITY, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, JJ.
DECISION JUDGMENT
ADJUDGED that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements (see, Matter of Webb, 277 A.D.2d 323 [decided herewith]; Matter of Gordon, 249 A.D.2d 395; Matter of Hale, 239 A.D.2d 500; see generally, Matter of Newsday, Inc. v. Sise, 120 A.D.2d 8, affd 71 N.Y.2d 146, cert denied 486 U.S. 1056).