People v. Floyd

Defendant claims, on his appeal to this court, that the wire interception of his telephone was not conducted in accordance with the minimization requirement of CPL 700.30 (subd 7) and, therefore, the approximately 40 intercepted communications admitted at trial concerning defendant’s involvement in the distribution of narcotics should have been suppressed (see CPL 710.20, subd 2). As a corollary question, it is also argued that the failure of the Judge presiding at the minimization hearing to require the prosecution to provide a transcript of the tapes of all intercepted communications to the…