People v. Minor

OPINION OF THE COURT

Peter P. Rosato, J.

Under the above-noted indictment, the defendants1 stand charged with a single count of criminal possession of stolen property, first degree. By way of omnibus motion, defendant Robert Minor now moves for various items of relief.

Names of Witnesses.

As to names of witnesses, the court would take this opportunity to re-examine the practice, which this court has itself followed up to now, of routinely denying requests for names of witnesses under the authority of People v Lynch (23 NY2d 262). While the Court of Appeals there sustained the trial court’s…