Opinion
May 8, 2000.
Proceeding pursuant to Judiciary Law § 509, by the petitioner, a defendant in a criminal action entitled People v. Jerry Bonton, pending trial, inter alia, for murder in the first degree under Kings County Indictment No. 4152/98, to direct the New York State Office of Court Administration and the Commissioner of Jurors of Kings County to disclose to the petitioner's counsel all juror qualification questionnaires and a record of persons who were found not qualified or disqualified or who were exempted or excused, and the reasons therefor, or, in the alternative, to direct the Commissioner of Jurors of Kings County and the New York State Office of Court Administration to provide these materials to the court, and seal the materials for appellate review.
Capital Defender Office, New York, N.Y. (Hilary Hochman and Roxanna Gutierrez of counsel), for petitioner.
Michael Colodner, New York, N.Y. (John Eisman of counsel), for New York State Office of Court Administration and Commissioner of Jurors of Kings County.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Howard B. Goodman, Mark Hale, and Kyle C. Reeves of counsel), for People of the State of New York.
GUY JAMES MANGANO, P.J., LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, SONDRA MILLER, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, JJ.
DECISION JUDGMENT
ADJUDGED that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements (see, 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).
MANGANO, P.J., BRACKEN, S. MILLER and GOLDSTEIN, JJ., concur.