People v. Evans

OPINION OF THE COURT

Steven L. Barrett, J.

The primary issue the court once again is called upon to consider, in the context of a defendant’s motion to inspect the grand jury minutes and to dismiss the indictment, is whether a police officer’s malfeasance rises to the level of official misconduct.1 For the following reasons, the court finds that the evidence presented to the grand jury established that defendant’s conduct clearly crossed the line that separates a noncriminal serious error in judgment, which could be properly addressed in a disciplinary forum, from those actions that warrant…