People v. Griffin

OPINION OF THE COURT

Richard J. Goldman, J.

Defendant moves to dismiss the indictment on the ground *776that the Grand Jury proceeding was "defective” (CPL 210.20 [1] [c]; 210.35 [4]) in that the People’s failure to allow him to testify before the Grand Jury under a "limited” waiver of immunity constituted a denial of his statutory right to appear and testify before that body (CPL 190.50 [5]).1

Defendant was charged, in a felony complaint, inter alla, with robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.. On February 3, 1986, upon learning that the People were…