Opinion
June 11, 2001.
Proceeding pursuant to Judiciary Law § 509, by the petitioner, a defendant in a criminal action entitled People v. Zabdiel Yara, pending trial, inter alia, for murder in the first degree under Kings County Indictment No. 9479/00, 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.
Capital Defender Office, New York, N.Y. (Kelley J. Sharkey and Elizabeth L. Wilson 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 Kings County.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, HOWARD MILLER, STEPHEN G. CRANE, JJ.
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).