People v. Hodges

OPINION OF THE COURT

Michael R. Juviler, J.

This is a written version of a decision that was delivered from the Bench denying a motion by the defendant to seal a document contained in the court file of his case. The document is known as the voluntary disclosure form, which the People served upon the defendant at the arraignment on the indictment and filed with the court at the same time. The significant portion of this document is a copy of the defendant’s handwritten and signed confession, which forms part of the notice to the defendant, required by CPL 710.30, of the People’s intention to use…