People v. Sterling

OPINION OF THE COURT

Frederick D. Dugan, J.

Defendant, here charged with one count of forgery in the second degree, class D felony (Penal Law § 170.10), moves for inspection of the Grand Jury minutes and dismissal of the indictment upon the grounds that the evidence before the Grand Jury was not legally sufficient to support the crime set forth in the indictment or any lesser included charge (CPL 210.20 [1] [b]; 210.30).

A motion to inspect Grand Jury minutes is a request by the defendant for the court to examine the stenographic minutes of the Grand Jury proceeding for the purpose of…