People v. Bennett

These are motions made upon behalf of the defendants listed in Appendix A*, as well as the above-named defendants who have appeared by separate counsel, for pretrial discovery and inspection pursuant to CPL article 240 and the provisions of the Constitutions of the United States and *1044New York State pertaining to fair trial. The moving defendants are variously named in 37 separate indictments.

Traditionally, the scope and extent of discovery to be afforded to individual defendants or defendants named in the same indictment should be judicially determined in the light of the charges alleged in…