Legal Opinion
People v. Mezon
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 22, 1992PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
CPL 710.60 (1) provides that pretrial motions to suppress evidence must be made "in writing and upon reasonable notice to the people.” The issue in this appeal is whether the People may effectively waive compliance with this statutory requirement. Although we conclude that a waiver is permissible, we nonetheless hold that in this case defendant’s oral motion should not have been considered because, as an examination of the record reveals, the People did not, in fact, waive their right to receive written notice of his motion.
In November 1989, while defendant was…
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