Opinion
November 13, 2000.
Proceeding pursuant to Judiciary Law § 509, by the petitioner, a defendant in a criminal action entitled People v. Christopher Webb, pending trial for murder in the first degree under Kings County Indictment No. 5157/99, to direct the New York State Office of Court Administration, the Commissioner of Jurors of Kings County, and the Clerk of Kings County, inter alia, to allow the petitioner's counsel access to all records and materials related to Grand Jury and Petit Jury selection in Kings County from 1976 to the present.
M. Sue Wycoff, New York, N.Y. (Edna Schwartz, Martin J. McClain, and Gary A. Alexion of counsel), for petitioner.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Mark J. Hale and Howard B. Goodman 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 Taylor, 277 A.D.2d 322 [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).