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THE PEOPLE’S APPLICATION FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER PRECLUDING DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN DISCOVERABLE MATERIALS TO THE DEFENDANT UNTIL A WEEK BEFORE TRIAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO DEFENSE COUNSEL TO ALLOW THE ISSUES TO BE FULLY LITIGATED; MATTER REMITTED (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing (modifying) the protective order upon an expedited review (CPL 245.70), determined that defense counsel should have been provided with the People’s application to withhold certain discoverable materials from the defendant until a week before trial:

Inasmuch as the People offered no basis to withhold these materials from defense counsel and, in fact, pursuant to the proposed order submitted by the People, defense counsel would be permitted to access them as soon as County Court signed the order, the better practice would have been to permit defense counsel access to the application and materials prior to the hearing on the protective order so that counsel could participate in it to the fullest extent practicable. …

Defense counsel should, with the appropriate caveat not to disclose them to or discuss their contents with his client pending determination of the application, be permitted to view the application and the materials at issue and thereby meaningfully participate in the hearing before County Court in order to advocate on behalf of his client and assist in reaching an appropriate outcome. Accordingly, the instant application should be granted and the matter remitted for a new hearing following further disclosure to defense counsel. People v Escobales, 2022 NY Slip Op 02354, Third Dept 4-8-22

Practice Point: Here County Court should have disclosed to defense counsel the People’s application to withhold certain discoverable materials from the defendant until a week before trial. Without the application, defense counsel could not fully litigate the issues. (The People had no objection to disclosing the withheld materials to defense counsel as soon as the requested order of protection was signed.)

 

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