People v. Laing

OPINION OF THE COURT

Bellacosa, J.

In both of these cases, the People claim that CPL 450.20 (8) authorizes them to appeal to the Appellate Division from trial orders precluding the introduction of identification evidence for failure to comply with CPL 710.30’s timely notice provision. We affirm the orders of the Appellate Division dismissing the People’s appeals to that court (People v Laing, 168 AD2d 635; People v Wade, 170 AD2d 468), because CPL 710.30 orders are not among the enumerated authorizations in CPL 450.20 and because there is no interpretative alternative to that exclusive route…