People v. Hackett

OPINION OF THE COURT

Ira R Globerman, J.

The defendants’ motions to inspect the Grand Jury minutes in this case present a rare situation requiring a determination of whether opinion evidence by a lay witness before the Grand Jury is competent, admissible and capable of legally sustaining an indictment. The motions also raise the question of when the legal advisor to the Grand Jury, the District Attorney, is required to instruct the grand jurors about the proper evaluation of circumstantial evidence so that the integrity of the proceeding is not impaired.

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The defendants have been indicted for…