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THE PEOPLE’S FAILURE TO TURN OVER TO THE DEFENSE A VIDEO CONTAINING IMPEACHMENT MATERIAL PRIOR TO FILING A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE RENDERED THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE AND THE STATEMENT OF READINESS ILLUSORY; INDICTMENT DISMISSED (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing defendant’s conviction and dismissing the indictment on speedy trial grounds, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Pritzker, determined the People were required to turn over a child advocacy center (CAC) video before filing a certificate of compliance (COC) and statement of readiness (SOR). The CAC video was not turned over until 20 days before trial:

… [T]he People conceded that the CAC video contained impeachment evidence based upon certain statements made by the victim … , and also that the CAC video had been turned over by the CAC to law enforcement and, as such, was in the People’s possession as of January 22, 2020 … . Despite this, the CAC video was not turned over to defendant until September 1, 2021, 20 days before trial, even though the People filed an earlier COC and SOR in October 2020. Specifically, the COC dated October 16, 2020 referenced an index detailing the materials that had been disclosed to defendant as of that date. This index reveals two compliance reports, one dated February 28, 2020 and the other dated October 1, 2020. As relevant here, the February 28, 2020 compliance report lists a document titled “CAC Chain of Custody – 01.22.2020.pdf” as having been turned over to defendant. There is no dispute that, while this chain of custody form for the CAC video was included in discovery, the video itself was not. * * *

… [H]ere, we are faced with a situation where the People certified, allegedly in good faith, that “the prosecutor has disclosed and made available all known material and information subject to discovery” … , despite knowing full well that they were intentionally withholding the CAC video. As such, we find that the People did not file the October 2020 COC in good faith as they did not make “all known material and information subject to discovery” available to defendant … . Further compounding their error, the People did not give defendant any notice of this withholding, either by withholding the CAC video and requesting a protective order … in the first instance, or, later, giving defendant notice that the CAC video was purportedly being withheld so as not to disclose any identifying information of the victim … . … [B]ecause we find that the October 2020 COC and SOR were illusory, the People did not validly announce readiness for trial until September 2021, which the People concede would be outside of the applicable six-month CPL 30.30 time frame. Thus, this Court must dismiss the indictment … . People v Mazelie, 2025 NY Slip Op 05849, Third Dept 10-23-25

Practice Point: Here the People’s failure to turn over impeachment evidence before filing the certificate of compliance rendered the certificate illusory and required dismissal of the indictment.

 

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