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Allegations In Motion to Suppress Insufficient to Warrant Hearing

In concluding a suppression hearing (re: statements by the defendant) was properly denied, the Fourth Department explained the relevant analytical criteria:

It is well settled that ” [h]earings are not automatic or generally available for the asking by boilerplate allegations’ ” … . Here, “[t]he allegations in defendant’s moving papers, when considered in the context of the detailed information provided to defendant, were insufficient to create a factual dispute requiring such a hearing . . . Defendant . . . did not address the specific allegations set forth in the felony complaint” and the other discovery materials provided to him …, which included the relevant grand jury testimony of the witness. Thus, the court properly denied the motion without conducting a hearing based on the insufficiency of the allegations and, under the circumstances of this case … . People v Mitchell, 2015 NY Slip Op 07411, 4th Dept 10-9-15

 

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