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STATUTORY NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRAND JURY PRESENTATION STRICTLY CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED, CONVICTION REVERSED FOR FAILURE TO NOTIFY DEFENDANT OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE PRESENTATION.

The Fourth Department, reversing defendant’s conviction, determined the People’s notice to defendant about the time and place the grand jury presentation would take place was deficient. The prosecutor told defense counsel the presentation would take place the next day:

Here, we conclude that, after receiving defendant’s March 1, 2013 request to appear before the grand jury, the People did not provide defendant with notice “of the time and place of the grand jury presentation” … , as is required by CPL 190.50 (5) (b), and we therefore reverse. We note that, on March 25, 2013, the People sent a letter to defense counsel stating that, “during the week of April 8, 2013, the Erie County Grand Jury will hear testimony concerning this matter. In accordance with CPL 190.50, should your client wish to testify, please clearly state so, in writing, no later than April 5, 2013, so that I can make the necessary arrangements to receive his testimony.” Although that letter would have been sufficient to satisfy the initial and separate requirement set forth in CPL 190.50 (5) (a) that the People notify defendant of his right to appear before the grand jury … , the letter did not satisfy the requirements of CPL 190.50 (5) (b) to inform defendant of the time and place of the grand jury presentation, which were triggered by defendant’s March 1, 2013 request to appear before the grand jury. It is of no moment that defendant did not respond to the People’s letter because nothing in CPL 190.50 requires a defendant to resubmit a valid notice pursuant to CPL 190.50 (5) (a) when he has already done so. We further note that the prosecutor’s oral statement to defense counsel on April 10, 2013 that “he will be presenting the matter to the Erie County Grand Jury the next day” was insufficient to satisfy the notice requirement inasmuch as it did not provide defendant with the requisite notice of the time and place of the grand jury presentation … . People v Moss, 2016 NY Slip Op 06587, 4th Dept 10-7-16

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