Legal Opinion

Lebron v. Morales

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 6, 2000Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered on or about April 28, 1999, which denied petitioner’s application to compel respondent to make available certain documents under *242the Freedom of Information Law, and dismissed the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner failed to meet his burden of establishing by admissible evidence that the documents requested had not been provided to the attorney who had represented him at his criminal trial, or that the documents were no longer available to him (see, Matter of Brightley v Lai, 266 AD2d 131). Indeed, it…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Brightley v. LaiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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