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Five-Day Time-Limit On Motion to Dismiss Based Upon Erroneous Information Provided by Prosecutor to Defendant Which Caused Defendant to Refrain from Testifying Before the Grand Jury

The Third Department, in a decision by Justice Peters, reversed County Court’s dismissal of an indictment based on the prosecutor’s (erroneously) telling the defendant he would be subject to cross-examination about a pending charge if he chose to testify before the grand jury.  There is a five-day time limitation for a motion to dismiss on that ground.  Defendant’s motion was deemed untimely:

We agree with the People that County Court erred in dismissing the indictment on the ground that defendant was deprived of his statutory right to testify before the grand jury. County  Court ruled that the prosecutor’s misstatement of law with respect to the questioning of defendant about  the unrelated pending  charge  for purposes  of  impeaching  his credibility caused defendant to withdraw  his request to testify before the grand jury, thereby  effectively depriving him  of  his right to testify under CPL 190.50 (5). Any alleged violation of that right, however, must be raised by  a motion to dismiss the indictment, pursuant to either CPL 170.50 or 210.20, no later than five days after arraignment on the indictment or such challenge will be deemed waived … .  People v Sutherland, 105155, 3rd Dept 3-28-13

 

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