People v. Hill

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

*773Defendant furnished the prosecutor with a list of alibi witnesses seeking to have them testify before the grand jury. When presenting the case, the prosecutor told the grand jury that he had received a request from the defense asking that the grand jurors “consider and vote whether or not you want to hear from the following witnesses,” and gave only their names. The foreperson asked the prosecutor, “Can we ask you anything about the witnesses? I mean were they witnesses of the crime or . . . ?” Although the…