Opinion
October 22, 2001.
Proceeding pursuant to Judiciary Law § 509, by the petitioner, a defendant in a criminal action entitled People v. John Taylor, pending trial, inter alia, for murder in the first degree under Queens County Indictment No. 1012/2001, to direct the New York State Office of Court Administration and the Commissioner of Jurors of Queens 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, for Queens County, from 1991 to the present, or, in the alternative, 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 seal the materials for appellate review.
Kevin M. Doyle, Capital Defender, New York, N.Y. (John Youngblood of counsel), for petitioner.
Michael Colodner, New York, N.Y. (Shawn Kerby of counsel), for New York State Office of Court Administration and Commissioner of Jurors of Queens County.
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: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, SANDRA L. TOWNES, BARRY A. COZIER, JJ.
ADJUDGED that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements (see, Matter of Taylor v. People, 277 A.D.2d 322; 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).
SANTUCCI, J.P., GOLDSTEIN, TOWNES and COZIER, JJ., concur.