PROTECTIVE ORDER VACATED UPON EXPEDITED REVIEW (SECOND DEPT).
The Second Department, vacating the protective order issued by Supreme Court, determined defense counsel should have been heard in opposition to the application for the protective order:
… [T]he matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Nassau County, to afford the defendant an opportunity to make arguments to that court with respect to the People’s application for a protective order.
Under the circumstances of this case, the Supreme Court should have granted defense counsel’s request for an opportunity to be heard with respect to the People’s application for a protective order pursuant to CPL 245.70 … . … [T]he People advised this Court that they no longer oppose the application. People v Belfon, 2020 NY Slip Op 00519, Second Dept 1-27-20
