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THE PEOPLE DID NOT DEMONSTRATE DUE DILIGENCE IN ASCERTAINING THE EXISTENCE OF A FORENSIC REPORT AND DISCIPLINARY RECORDS; TURNING THEM OVER UPON DISCOVERING THEM AND SUMBITTING A SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE (COC) DID NOT CURE THE OMISSION (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department determined the People did not meet their burden of demonstrating compliance with their discovery obligations before filing the Certificate of Compliance (COC):

… [W]e conclude that the People failed to meet their burden of establishing that they exercised due diligence and made reasonable inquiries prior to filing the July 2022 COC … . The People failed to put forward any evidence of their efforts “to ascertain the existence” of either the forensic report or the disciplinary records prior to filing the July 2022 COC (…CPL 245.50 [1]). Rather, the People’s submissions established that, after they became aware of the materials’ existence, they promptly provided them to defense counsel—an assertion that is undisputed. As the Court of Appeals stated in Bay, “post-filing disclosure and a supplemental COC cannot compensate for a failure to exercise diligence before the initial COC is filed” … . We note in particular that the forensic report was completed more than six months before, upon the case being assigned to a new prosecutor, it was discovered and provided …  . People v Baker, 2024 NY Slip Op 04006, Fourth Dept 7-26-24

Practice Point: The People must demonstrate due diligence in ascertaining the existence of discovery material. It is not enough to quickly turn them over upon becoming aware of their existence.

 

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