People v. White

OPINION OF THE COURT

Betty J. Williams, J.

Defendant’s motion to inspect the grand jury minutes is granted to the extent of the court examining the grand jury minutes in camera. On a motion to dismiss an indictment pursuant to CPL 210.20 (1) (b), the inquiry of the reviewing court is limited to the legal sufficiency of the evidence; the court may not examine the adequacy of the proof to establish reasonable cause, since that inquiry is exclusively the province of the grand jury (People v Jennings, 69 NY2d 103, 115 [1986]; see also People v Jensen, 86 NY2d 248, 252 [1995]).

The evidence before…