People v. Harris

OPINION OF THE COURT

Smith, J.

The issue in this CPL 30.30 appeal is whether the People may delay producing the Grand Jury minutes in response to a defendant’s CPL 210.30 motion to inspect and dismiss until after the court specifically orders them to do so. The Appellate Division dismissed the indictment on the basis of our decision in People v McKenna (76 NY2d 59) where we held that the People’s postreadiness delay in failing to provide Grand Jury minutes to the court, when added to the prereadiness delay, violated CPL 30.30’s strictures and required the dismissal of the indictment. Because…