People v. Ellman

OPINION OF THE COURT

Robert H. Straus, J.

Defendant Kenneth Ellman stands accused of violating the provisions of section 191 (1) (a) of the Labor Law, by allegedly failing to pay the wages of several employees for a two-week period in 1984. Defendant, by his attorney, directed the complaining witnesses (by subpoena duces tecum) to produce their State and Federal tax returns for the years 1982 through 1986. The New York State Attorney-General now moves, by order to show cause, to quash said subpoenas on the ground that the materials requested are irrelevant to the proceedings. In response,…