People v. Trasso

OPINION OF THE COURT

Rena K. Uviller, J.

The issue presented by this motion to controvert a search warrant is this: is a defendant at a suppression hearing entitled to the assistance of the prosecutor in learning whether he has been the subject of wiretapping, even though the People have given no notice of intention to use wiretap evidence at trial? Whether a defendant is entitled to such assistance and what showing he must make, if any, in order to acquire it, appear not to have been addressed by any reported State court opinion.

As a concomitant of their motion to controvert, the defendants in…