People v. Beal

The primary question presented on this appeal is whether Criminal Term’s refusal to adjourn the suppression hearing in order to allow the defense an opportunity to obtain a copy of the Grand Jury testimony of the lone witness, and to require that witness to produce a UF-61 report, constituted reversible error. Under the circumstances of this case such refusal, although error, had, at best, a minimal impact on the determination made at the suppression hearing; the absence of any real prejudice to defendant’s rights leads to a conclusion that the judgment of conviction should be affirmed.

On May…