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SUPREME COURT SHOULD HAVE RESTRICTED THE RELEASE OF THE NAMES OF COMPLAINANTS AND COMPLAINANTS’ PARENTS FOR THEIR PROTECTION (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined Supreme Court should have restricted the release of the names of complainants and their parents for their protection:

… [T]he application by the People pursuant to CPL 245.70(6) is granted to the extent that the order … is modified by directing that the disclosure of the names of complainants 1, 2, and 3 shall be delayed until the commencement of the trial and shall be provided to defense counsel only, and that the disclosure of the names of the parents of complainants 1, 2, and 3 shall be delayed until 15 days prior to the commencement of the trial and shall be provided to defense counsel only … . People v Harrigan, 2020 NY Slip Op 05612, Second Dept 10-8-20

 

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