People v. Meyers

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Phylis Skloot Bamberger, J.), entered June 13, 1991, dismissing the indictment charging defendant with robbery in the first degree and related crimes, on the ground that defendant had not been afforded a meaningful opportunity to testify before the Grand Jury, unanimously affirmed.

Consistent with the recent Court of Appeals decision in People v Oquendo (79 NY2d 407), we find that defendant was denied a meaningful opportunity to testify before the Grand Jury, when, despite defendant’s notice at arraignment of his intention to so testify, the prosecutor,…