People v. Taylor

The defendant was arrested during a so-called "buy-and-bust” operation after he allegedly sold four vials of crack cocaine to an undercover police officer. Prior to trial, the defendant moved, inter alia, for an order, pursuant to CPL 210.30, granting inspection of the minutes of the Grand Jury proceedings which resulted in the indictment and, upon the inspection of those minutes by the court, dismissing the indictment upon the ground that the evidence adduced before the Grand Jury was legally insufficient to sustain the indictment. The Supreme Court, Kings County, granted the defendant’s…