People v. Henry

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: County Court did not err in summarily denying defendant’s motion for an in camera inspection of the personnel file of the police officer who was the People’s principal witness against defendant (see, Civil Rights Law § 50-a [2]; People v Gissendanner, 48 NY2d 543, 549-550). Defendant failed to set forth “in good faith * * * some factual predicate which would make it reasonably likely” that the file contents would “directly bear on the hard issue of guilt or innocence” and failed to show that he would not merely conduct a fishing expedition to gain…