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Senate Bill S8707
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Establishes new criminal discovery rules; repealer
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(D) 36th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
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2017-S8707 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A4360
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Criminal Procedure Law
- Laws Affected:
- Rpld Art 240, add Art 245 §§245.10 - 245.85, amd §§610.20, 65.20, 200.95, 255.10, 255.20, 340.30, 400.27 & 440.30, CP L; amd §§450.10, 460.80 & 480.10, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
A6907
2013-2014: A3667
2015-2016: A2924
2019-2020: S1716, A1431
2017-S8707 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8707 SPONSOR: BAILEY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the criminal procedure law and the penal law, in relation to establishing new criminal discovery rules; and to repeal article 240 of the criminal procedure law relating thereto PURPOSE: To modernize and make New York State's criminal discovery rules fairer. This bill calls for the repeal our current flawed discovery rules (Arti- cle 240 of the Criminal Procedure Laws) and offers a better, comprehen- sive statute; Article 245.This bill eliminates the unfairness and inef- ficiencies of the present system and, if enacted, would facilitates swift, efficient, and just disposition of criminal cases. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: *245.10. Timing of discovery
*245.20. Automatic discovery *245.25. Disclosure prior to guilty plea deadline *245.30. Court orders for preservation, access or discovery *245.35. Court ordered procedures to facilitate compliance *245.40. Non-testimonial evidence from the defendant *245.45. DNA comparison order *245.50. Certificates of compliance *245.55. Flow of information *245.60. Continuing duty to disclose *245.65. Work product *245.70. Protective orders *245.75. Waiver of discovery by defendant *245.80. Remedies or sanctions for noncompliance *245.85. Admissibility of discovery Sections 245.10(1)&(3), 245.50: The prosecution automatically provides its discovery 15 days after arraignment, and then files a "Certificate of Compliance." The defense automatically provides its reciprocal discovery 30 days after the prosecution's completion of its discovery obligations, and then files a "Certificate of Compliance." (These rules dispense with the need for filing written discovery "demands" and discovery motion practice, and both parties' disclosures occur earlier than under current law.) Section 245.70: Either party may withhold any discoverable item or information when there is a basis to believe that a protective order would be appropriate, and the court may issue any type of protective order for good cause shown. (This rule is the same as under current law.) Section 245.20(1)(e): The prosecution timely discloses all relevant written or recorded statements in its control that were made by persons whom the prosecutor knows to have information relevant to any offense charged or to a potential defense thereto. (This occurs earlier than under current law, and is broader than under current law in particular because it includes statements by potential defense witnesses.) Sections 245.20(1) (a), (f), (g), (h): The prosecution timely discloses all relevant police reports and law enforcement agency reports, police paperwork, intended exhibits, tapes and other electronic recordings, photographs, drawings, tangible objects, reports of scientific tests and experiments,-reports of physical and mental examinations, defendants' and co-defendants' statements, and expert opinion evidence. (This occurs earlier than under current law, and is broader than under current law in particular because it includes police reports.) Sections 245.20(1)(c) & (d): The prosecution timely discloses the names of and contact information for all persons whom the prosecutor knows to have information relevant to any offense charged or to a potential. defense thereto. (This information need not be disclosed under current law.) Section 245.20(1)(k): The prosecution timely discloses all information which tends to negate the defendant's guilt or to mitigate the defend- ant's culpability, or which tends to support a potential defense, or which tends to support a motion to suppress on constitutional grounds, or which would tend to reduce the punishment of the defendant. (This is similar to the ethical requirement of Rule of Professional Conduct § 3.8. It occurs earlier than under current law, and is broader than under current law insofar as it abandons the requirement that only "mate- rially" exculpatory information need be disclosed.) Section 245.25(2): The prosecution provides "material" discovery before a guilty plea offer when a deadline has been placed on that offer. If the prosecution does not comply with a proper request made pursuant to this paragraph, the guilty plea offer shall be deemed available to the defendant until seven calendar days after the prosecution has made the disclosure or the court nay take other appropriate action as necessary to address the non-compliance. (This is not an expressly stated power of the court under current law.) Sections 245.10(2), 245.20(4): The defense discloses the names of and contact information for all witnesses whom it intends to call; all rele- vant written and recorded statements in its control that were made by those persons (other than the defendant); and intended exhibits, tapes and other electronic recordings, photographs, drawings, tangible objects, reports of scientific tests and experiments, reports of phys- ical and mental examinations, and expert opinion evidence that it intends to offer.(This reciprocal discovery occurs earlier than, and is broader than, under current law.) Section 245.30: The court has discretionary authority to order discovery of items not otherwise covered by the statute, when an appropriate show- ing is made. (This is not available under current law.) JUSTIFICATION: In BERGER V. UNITED STATES, 295 U.S. 78, 88 (1935), the United States Supreme Court declared that the prosecutor must be a servant of the law, both seeking to avoid wrongful convictions and using every legitimate means, to bring about just ones. In recent years, far too many criminal cases have exposed the government's failure, whether through negligence or by design, to uphold our constitutional obligations to defendants. This failure has been exacerbated, principally, by our woefully inade- quate state discovery laws. Our rules and procedures. To assist in the speedy resolution of criminal cases, to help the innocent from suffering harm, and to ensure that the guilty (every person wrongly charged enables a criminal to walk free) face certain justice, New York desper- ately needs reform in this area. Fairer discovery will not impede law enforcement from carry out its mission--it will assist them and will prevent miscarriages of justice. Our current discovery rules were last significantly revised in 1979. It's well past time for the reforms, proposed in this bill, to be instituted. The time for change is now. People litigating a civil claim in New York State, such as a debt or a contract dispute, have the opportunity through discovery to learn what they should know about the other side's case. So, too, do criminal defendants in many other states, since their criminal discovery rules allow broad, early, and automatic access to the prosecution's evidence. But under New York's criminal discovery statute, defendants are denied vitally important information, essential to make rational decisions about. their pending cases. The limited information they receive is also turned over so late that it is often impossible to intelligently inves- tigate, to secure and use any potentially exculpatory evidence, to fair- ly weigh a guilty plea offer, or to develop a trial strategy. Overhaul of New York's criminal discovery rules will accomplish two key things: it will help innocent or over-charged defendants fairly prepare for trial, and it will encourage guilty defendants to plead guilty without needless and costly delays. Broad criminal discovery is in fact the mainstream approach. A leading treatise identifies the following fourteen states as those that provide criminal defendants with the least discovery in the nation: "Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina; South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming." In contrast, large states with big cities that ordinarily are considered much more akin to New York - including California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan and New Jersey - have utilized broad criminal discovery provisions for years. This bill will rectify this crucial defect in New York State's criminal justice system. It is in this context that this bill would repeal New York's criminal discovery stat- ute, Criminal Procedure Law Article 240, and replace it with a new - more efficient and more fair - discovery system. This comprehensive new discovery statute, Article 245, draws on and supplements discovery rules and practices from these other States. Importantly, Article 245 is even-handed. It requires both the prose- cution and the defendant to provide the opposing party with extensive discovery early in the case. It eliminates unduly burdensome require- ments of routine discovery paperwork. And it includes a mechanism for prosecutors with legitimate concerns about the safety of their witnesses or with on-going investigations to withhold or redact any evidence or information covered by the statute and to move for a protective order. These same mechanisms for discovery in criminal cases have been shown to work successfully in states containing the big cities Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Miami, San Diego and Newark. They have not resulted in general problems of witness intimidation or impaired law enforcement. Instead, studies have shown that not only defense lawyers but also prosecutors in these states strongly approve of such discovery practices and consider them to be efficient and fair. Implementing a system of automatic, early, and broad discovery in New York State will be more effectively and coherently accomplished by replacing Article 240's framework with this new, comprehensive and internally consistent statute, which draws on the best features and language of modern discovery provisions that have worked in other compa- rable jurisdictions. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A.6907 of 2011-12; A.3667 of 2013-14; A.2924 of 2015-16; A.4360 of 2017-18 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect 90 days after becoming law.
2017-S8707 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8707 I N S E N A T E May 10, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the penal law, in relation to establishing new criminal discovery rules; and to repeal article 240 of the criminal procedure law relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 240 of the criminal procedure law is REPEALED. § 2. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new article 245 to read as follows: ARTICLE 245 DISCOVERY SECTION 245.10 TIMING OF DISCOVERY. 245.20 AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY. 245.25 DISCLOSURE PRIOR TO GUILTY PLEA DEADLINE. 245.30 COURT ORDERS FOR PRESERVATION, ACCESS OR DISCOVERY. 245.35 COURT ORDERED PROCEDURES TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE. 245.40 NON-TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE FROM THE DEFENDANT. 245.45 DNA COMPARISON ORDER. 245.50 CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE. 245.55 FLOW OF INFORMATION. 245.60 CONTINUING DUTY TO DISCLOSE. 245.65 WORK PRODUCT. 245.70 PROTECTIVE ORDERS. 245.75 WAIVER OF DISCOVERY BY DEFENDANT. 245.80 REMEDIES OR SANCTIONS FOR NON-COMPLIANCE. 245.85 ADMISSIBILITY OF DISCOVERY. § 245.10 TIMING OF DISCOVERY. 1. PROSECUTION'S PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS. (A) THE PROSECUTION SHALL PERFORM ITS INITIAL DISCOVERY OBLIGATIONS UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE BUT NOT LATER THAN FIFTEEN CALENDAR DAYS AFTER THE DEFENDANT'S ARRAIGNMENT ON AN INDICTMENT, SUPERIOR COURT INFORMATION, PROSECUTOR'S INFORMATION, INFOR- MATION, OR SIMPLIFIED INFORMATION. PORTIONS OF MATERIALS CLAIMED TO BE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03711-04-8 S. 8707 2 NON-DISCOVERABLE MAY BE WITHHELD PENDING A DETERMINATION AND RULING OF THE COURT UNDER SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTICLE; BUT THE DEFENDANT SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN WRITING THAT INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN DISCLOSED UNDER A PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION OF SUCH SECTION, AND THE DISCOVERABLE PORTIONS OF SUCH MATERIALS SHALL BE DISCLOSED IF PRACTICABLE. WHEN THE DISCOVERABLE MATERIALS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY VOLUMINOUS, THE TIME PERIOD IN THIS PARA- GRAPH MAY BE STAYED BY UP TO AN ADDITIONAL THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS WITHOUT NEED FOR A MOTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTICLE. (B) THE PROSECUTION SHALL PERFORM ITS SUPPLEMENTAL DISCOVERY OBLI- GATIONS UNDER SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE BUT NOT LATER THAN FIFTEEN CALENDAR DAYS BEFORE TRIAL. (C) UPON TIMELY DEFENSE REQUEST, THE PROSECUTION SHALL DISCLOSE MATE- RIALS UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE TO ANY DEFENDANT WHO HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN A LOCAL CRIMINAL COURT UPON A CURRENTLY UNDISPOSED OF FELONY COMPLAINT CHARGING AN OFFENSE WHICH IS A SUBJECT OF A PROSPECTIVE OR PENDING GRAND JURY PROCEEDING, NO LATER THAN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS BEFORE THE TIME SCHEDULED FOR THE DEFENDANT TO TESTIFY AT A GRAND JURY PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 190.50 OF THIS PART. 2. DEFENDANT'S PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS. THE DEFENDANT SHALL PERFORM HIS OR HER DISCOVERY OBLIGATIONS UNDER SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE NOT LATER THAN THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS AFTER BEING SERVED WITH THE PROSECUTION'S CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.50 OF THIS ARTICLE, EXCEPT THAT PORTIONS OF MATERIALS CLAIMED TO BE NON-DISCOVERABLE MAY BE WITHHELD PENDING A DETERMINATION AND RULING OF THE COURT UNDER SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTI- CLE; BUT THE PROSECUTION MUST BE NOTIFIED IN WRITING THAT INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN DISCLOSED UNDER A PARTICULAR SECTION. § 245.20 AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY. 1. INITIAL DISCOVERY FOR THE DEFENDANT. THE PROSECUTION SHALL DISCLOSE TO THE DEFENDANT, AND PERMIT THE DEFENDANT TO DISCOVER, INSPECT, COPY OR PHOTOGRAPH, EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS AND INFORMATION WHEN IT RELATES TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE AND IS IN THE POSSESSION, CUSTODY OR CONTROL OF THE PROSECUTION OR PERSONS UNDER THE PROSECUTION'S DIRECTION OR CONTROL: (A) ALL WRITTEN OR RECORDED STATEMENTS, AND THE SUBSTANCE OF ALL ORAL STATEMENTS, MADE BY THE DEFENDANT OR A CO-DEFENDANT TO A PUBLIC SERVANT ENGAGED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY OR TO A PERSON THEN ACTING UNDER HIS OR HER DIRECTION OR IN COOPERATION WITH HIM OR HER, OTHER THAN STATE- MENTS MADE IN THE COURSE OF THE CRIMINAL TRANSACTION. (B) ALL TRANSCRIPTS OF THE TESTIMONY OF A PERSON WHO HAS TESTIFIED BEFORE A GRAND JURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEFENDANT OR A CO-DEFENDANT. IF IN THE EXERCISE OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE, AND DUE TO THE LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF TRANSCRIPTION RESOURCES, A TRANSCRIPT IS UNAVAILABLE FOR DISCLOSURE WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVI- SION ONE OF SECTION 245.10 OF THIS ARTICLE, SUCH TIME PERIOD MAY BE STAYED BY UP TO AN ADDITIONAL THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS WITHOUT NEED FOR A MOTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTICLE; EXCEPT THAT SUCH DISCLOSURE SHALL BE MADE AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AND NOT LATER THAN THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS BEFORE A SCHEDULED TRIAL DATE, UNLESS AN ORDER IS OBTAINED PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTICLE. WHEN THE COURT IS REQUIRED TO REVIEW GRAND JURY TRANSCRIPTS, THE PROSECUTION SHALL DISCLOSE SUCH TRANSCRIPTS TO THE COURT EXPEDITIOUSLY UPON RECEIPT S. 8707 3 BY THE PROSECUTOR, NOTWITHSTANDING THE OTHERWISE-APPLICABLE TIME PERIODS FOR DISCLOSURE IN THIS ARTICLE. (C) THE NAMES OF, AND ADDRESSES OR ADEQUATE ALTERNATIVE CONTACT INFOR- MATION FOR, ALL PERSONS OTHER THAN LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WHOM THE PROSECUTOR KNOWS TO HAVE EVIDENCE OR INFORMATION RELEVANT TO ANY OFFENSE CHARGED OR TO A POTENTIAL DEFENSE THERETO, INCLUDING A DESIGNATION BY THE PROSECUTOR AS TO WHICH OF THOSE PERSONS MAY BE CALLED AS WITNESSES. INFORMATION UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION RELATING TO A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT MAY BE WITHHELD, AND REDACTED FROM DISCOVERY MATERIALS, WITHOUT NEED FOR A MOTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTICLE; BUT THE DEFENDANT SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN WRITING THAT SUCH INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN DISCLOSED, UNLESS THE COURT RULES OTHERWISE FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN. (D) THE NAME AND WORK AFFILIATION OF ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WHOM THE PROSECUTOR KNOWS TO HAVE EVIDENCE OR INFORMATION RELEVANT TO ANY OFFENSE CHARGED OR TO A POTENTIAL DEFENSE THERETO, INCLUDING A DESIGNATION BY THE PROSECUTOR AS TO WHICH OF THOSE PERSONS MAY BE CALLED AS WITNESSES. INFORMATION UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION RELATING TO UNDERCOVER PERSONNEL MAY BE WITHHELD, AND REDACTED FROM DISCOVERY MATERIALS, WITH- OUT NEED FOR A MOTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTICLE; BUT THE DEFENDANT SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN WRITING THAT SUCH INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN DISCLOSED, UNLESS THE COURT RULES OTHERWISE FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN. (E) ALL STATEMENTS, WRITTEN OR RECORDED OR SUMMARIZED IN ANY WRITING OR RECORDING, MADE BY PERSONS WHO HAVE EVIDENCE OR INFORMATION RELEVANT TO ANY OFFENSE CHARGED OR TO A POTENTIAL DEFENSE THERETO, INCLUDING ALL POLICE REPORTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REPORTS. THIS PROVISION ALSO INCLUDES STATEMENTS, WRITTEN OR RECORDED OR SUMMARIZED IN ANY WRITING OR RECORDING, BY PERSONS TO BE CALLED AS WITNESSES AT PRE-TRIAL HEARINGS. (F) EXPERT OPINION EVIDENCE, INCLUDING THE NAME, BUSINESS ADDRESS, CURRENT CURRICULUM VITAE, AND A LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF EACH EXPERT WITNESS WHOM THE PROSECUTOR INTENDS TO CALL AS A WITNESS AT TRIAL OR A PRE-TRIAL HEARING, AND ALL REPORTS PREPARED BY THE EXPERT THAT PERTAIN TO THE CASE, OR IF NO REPORT IS PREPARED, A WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE FACTS AND OPINIONS TO WHICH THE EXPERT IS EXPECTED TO TESTIFY AND A SUMMARY OF THE GROUNDS FOR EACH OPINION. THIS PARAGRAPH DOES NOT ALTER OR IN ANY WAY AFFECT THE PROCEDURES, OBLIGATIONS OR RIGHTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 250.10 OF THIS TITLE. IF IN THE EXERCISE OF REASONABLE DILI- GENCE THIS INFORMATION IS UNAVAILABLE FOR DISCLOSURE WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.10 OF THIS ARTICLE, THAT PERIOD SHALL BE STAYED WITHOUT NEED FOR A MOTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTICLE; EXCEPT THAT THE DISCLOSURE SHALL BE MADE AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AND NOT LATER THAN SIXTY CALENDAR DAYS BEFORE A SCHEDULED TRIAL DATE, UNLESS AN ORDER IS OBTAINED PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTICLE. WHEN THE PROSECUTION'S EXPERT WITNESS IS BEING CALLED IN RESPONSE TO DISCLOSURE OF AN EXPERT WITNESS BY THE DEFENDANT, THE COURT SHALL ALTER A SCHEDULED TRIAL DATE, IF NECESSARY, TO ALLOW THE PROSECUTION THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS TO MAKE THE DISCLOSURE AND THE DEFENDANT THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS TO PREPARE AND RESPOND TO THE NEW MATERIALS. (G) ALL TAPES OR OTHER ELECTRONIC RECORDINGS WHICH THE PROSECUTION INTENDS TO INTRODUCE AT TRIAL OR A PRE-TRIAL HEARING. (H) ALL PHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS MADE OR COMPLETED BY A PUBLIC SERVANT ENGAGED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY, OR WHICH WERE MADE BY A PERSON WHOM THE PROSECUTOR INTENDS TO CALL AS A WITNESS AT TRIAL OR A PRE-TRIAL HEARING, OR WHICH THE PROSECUTION INTENDS TO INTRODUCE AT TRIAL OR A PRE-TRIAL HEARING. S. 8707 4 (I) ALL PHOTOGRAPHS, PHOTOCOPIES AND REPRODUCTIONS MADE BY OR AT THE DIRECTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL OF ANY PROPERTY PRIOR TO ITS RELEASE PURSUANT TO SECTION 450.10 OF THE PENAL LAW. (J) ALL REPORTS, DOCUMENTS, DATA, CALCULATIONS OR WRITINGS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PRELIMINARY TESTS OR SCREENING RESULTS AND BENCH NOTES, CONCERNING PHYSICAL OR MENTAL EXAMINATIONS, OR SCIENTIFIC TESTS OR EXPERIMENTS OR COMPARISONS, AND ANALYSES PERFORMED ELECTRONICALLY, RELATING TO THE CRIMINAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WHICH WERE MADE BY OR AT THE REQUEST OR DIRECTION OF A PUBLIC SERVANT ENGAGED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY, OR WHICH WERE MADE BY A PERSON WHOM THE PROSECUTOR INTENDS TO CALL AS A WITNESS AT TRIAL OR A PRE-TRIAL HEARING, OR WHICH THE PROSE- CUTION INTENDS TO INTRODUCE AT TRIAL OR A PRE-TRIAL HEARING. (K) ALL EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION, INCLUDING THAT WHICH IS KNOWN TO POLICE OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACTING ON THE GOVERNMENT'S BEHALF IN THE CASE, THAT TENDS TO: (I) NEGATE THE DEFENDANT'S GUILT AS TO A CHARGED OFFENSE; (II) REDUCE THE DEGREE OF OR MITIGATE THE DEFEND- ANT'S CULPABILITY AS TO A CHARGED OFFENSE; (III) SUPPORT A POTENTIAL DEFENSE TO A CHARGED OFFENSE; (IV) IMPEACH THE CREDIBILITY OF A TESTI- FYING PROSECUTION WITNESS; (V) UNDERMINE EVIDENCE OF THE DEFENDANT'S IDENTITY AS A PERPETRATOR OF A CHARGED OFFENSE; (VI) PROVIDE A BASIS FOR A MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE; OR (VII) MITIGATE PUNISHMENT. INFORMA- TION UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DISCLOSED WHETHER OR NOT SUCH INFORMATION IS RECORDED IN TANGIBLE FORM AND IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER THE PROSECUTOR CREDITS THE INFORMATION. THE PROSECUTOR SHALL DISCLOSE THE INFORMATION EXPEDITIOUSLY UPON ITS RECEIPT AND SHALL NOT DELAY DISCLO- SURE IF IT IS OBTAINED EARLIER THAN THE TIME PERIOD FOR DISCLOSURE IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.10 OF THIS ARTICLE. (L) A SUMMARY OF ALL PROMISES, REWARDS AND INDUCEMENTS MADE TO, OR IN FAVOR OF, PERSONS WHO MAY BE CALLED AS WITNESSES, AS WELL AS REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION BY PERSONS WHO MAY BE CALLED AS WITNESSES AND COPIES OF ALL DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO A PROMISE, REWARD OR INDUCEMENT. (M) A LIST OF ALL TANGIBLE OBJECTS OBTAINED FROM, OR ALLEGEDLY POSSESSED BY, THE DEFENDANT OR A CO-DEFENDANT. THE LIST SHALL INCLUDE A DESIGNATION BY THE PROSECUTOR AS TO WHICH OBJECTS WERE PHYSICALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY POSSESSED BY THE DEFENDANT AND WERE RECOVERED DURING A SEARCH OR SEIZURE BY A PUBLIC SERVANT OR AN AGENT THEREOF, AND WHICH TANGIBLE OBJECTS WERE RECOVERED BY A PUBLIC SERVANT OR AN AGENT THEREOF AFTER ALLEGEDLY BEING ABANDONED BY THE DEFENDANT. IF THE PROSECUTION INTENDS TO PROVE THE DEFENDANT'S POSSESSION OF ANY TANGIBLE OBJECTS BY MEANS OF A STATUTORY PRESUMPTION OF POSSESSION, IT SHALL DESIGNATE SUCH INTENTION AS TO EACH SUCH OBJECT. IF REASONABLY PRACTICABLE, THE PROSE- CUTION SHALL ALSO DESIGNATE THE LOCATION FROM WHICH EACH TANGIBLE OBJECT WAS RECOVERED. THERE IS ALSO A RIGHT TO INSPECT OR COPY OR PHOTOGRAPH THE LISTED TANGIBLE OBJECTS. (N) WHETHER A SEARCH WARRANT HAS BEEN EXECUTED AND ALL DOCUMENTS RELATING THERETO, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANT, THE WARRANT APPLICATION, SUPPORTING AFFIDAVITS, A POLICE INVENTORY OF ALL PROPERTY SEIZED UNDER THE WARRANT, AND A TRANSCRIPT OF ALL TESTIMONY OR OTHER ORAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFERED IN SUPPORT OF THE WARRANT APPLICATION. (O) ALL TANGIBLE PROPERTY THAT THE PROSECUTION INTENDS TO INTRODUCE IN ITS CASE-IN-CHIEF AT TRIAL OR A PRE-TRIAL HEARING. IF IN THE EXERCISE OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE THE PROSECUTOR HAS NOT FORMED AN INTENTION WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.10 OF THIS ARTICLE THAT AN ITEM UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION WILL BE INTRODUCED AT TRIAL OR A PRE-TRIAL HEARING, SUCH TIME PERIOD SHALL BE STAYED WITHOUT NEED FOR A MOTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTI- S. 8707 5 CLE; BUT THE DISCLOSURE SHALL BE MADE AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AND SUBJECT TO THE CONTINUING DUTY TO DISCLOSE IN SECTION 245.60 OF THIS ARTICLE. (P) THE RESULTS OF COMPLETE CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS FOR ALL DEFENDANTS AND ALL PERSONS DESIGNATED AS POTENTIAL PROSECUTION WITNESSES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, OTHER THAN THOSE WITNESSES WHO ARE EXPERTS. (Q) WHEN IT IS KNOWN TO THE PROSECUTION, THE EXISTENCE OF ANY PENDING CRIMINAL ACTION AGAINST ALL PERSONS DESIGNATED AS POTENTIAL PROSECUTION WITNESSES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. (R) THE APPROXIMATE DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF THE OFFENSE OR OFFENSES CHARGED AND OF THE DEFENDANT'S SEIZURE AND ARREST. (S) IN ANY PROSECUTION ALLEGING A VIOLATION OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, WHERE THE DEFENDANT IS CHARGED BY INDICTMENT, SUPERIOR COURT INFOR- MATION, PROSECUTOR'S INFORMATION, INFORMATION, OR SIMPLIFIED INFORMA- TION, THE MOST RECENT RECORD OF INSPECTION, CALIBRATION AND REPAIR OF MACHINES AND INSTRUMENTS UTILIZED TO PERFORM ANY SCIENTIFIC TESTS AND EXPERIMENTS AND THE CERTIFICATION CERTIFICATE, IF ANY, HELD BY THE OPER- ATOR OF THE MACHINE OR INSTRUMENT, AND ALL OTHER DISCLOSURES REQUIRED UNDER THIS ARTICLE. (T) IN ANY PROSECUTION ALLEGING A VIOLATION OF SECTION 156.05 OR 156.10 OF THE PENAL LAW, THE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER SUCH VIOLATION OCCURRED. 2. DISCOVERY BY THE PROSECUTION. THE PROSECUTOR SHALL MAKE A DILI- GENT, GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO ASCERTAIN THE EXISTENCE OF MATERIAL OR INFOR- MATION DISCOVERABLE UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION AND TO CAUSE SUCH MATERIAL OR INFORMATION TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR DISCOVERY WHERE IT EXISTS BUT IS NOT WITHIN THE PROSECUTOR'S POSSESSION, CUSTODY OR CONTROL; PROVIDED THAT THE PROSECUTOR SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN BY SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM MATERIAL OR INFORMATION WHICH THE DEFENDANT MAY THEREBY OBTAIN. THIS PROVISION SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE PROSECUTOR TO ASCERTAIN THE EXISTENCE OF WITNESSES NOT KNOWN TO POLICE OR ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, OR THE WRITTEN OR RECORDED STATEMENTS THEREOF, UNDER PARAGRAPH (C) OR (E) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL DISCOVERY FOR THE DEFENDANT. THE PROSECUTION SHALL DISCLOSE TO THE DEFENDANT A LIST OF ALL MISCONDUCT AND CRIMINAL ACTS OF THE DEFENDANT NOT CHARGED IN THE INDICTMENT, SUPERIOR COURT INFORMATION, PROSECUTOR'S INFORMATION, INFORMATION, OR SIMPLIFIED INFORMATION, WHICH THE PROSECUTION INTENDS TO USE AT TRIAL FOR PURPOSES OF (A) IMPEACHING THE CREDIBILITY OF THE DEFENDANT, OR (B) AS SUBSTANTIVE PROOF OF ANY MATERIAL ISSUE IN THE CASE. IN ADDITION THE PROSECUTION SHALL DESIGNATE WHETHER IT INTENDS TO USE EACH LISTED ACT FOR IMPEACHMENT AND/OR AS SUBSTANTIVE PROOF. 4. RECIPROCAL DISCOVERY FOR THE PROSECUTION. (A) THE DEFENDANT SHALL, SUBJECT TO CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS, DISCLOSE TO THE PROSECUTION, AND PERMIT THE PROSECUTION TO DISCOVER, INSPECT, COPY OR PHOTOGRAPH, ANY MATERIAL AND RELEVANT EVIDENCE WITHIN THE DEFENDANT'S OR COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT'S POSSESSION OR CONTROL THAT IS DISCOVERABLE UNDER PARAGRAPHS (F), (G), (H), (J), (1) AND (O) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, WHICH THE DEFENDANT INTENDS TO OFFER AT TRIAL OR A PRE-TRIAL HEARING, AND THE NAMES, ADDRESSES, BIRTH DATES, AND ALL STATEMENTS, WRITTEN OR RECORDED OR SUMMARIZED IN ANY WRITING OR RECORDING, OF THOSE PERSONS OTHER THAN THE DEFENDANT WHOM THE DEFENDANT INTENDS TO CALL AS WITNESSES AT TRIAL OR A PRE-TRIAL HEARING. (B) DISCLOSURE OF THE NAME, ADDRESS, BIRTH DATE, AND ALL STATEMENTS, WRITTEN OR RECORDED OR SUMMARIZED IN ANY WRITING OR RECORDING, OF A PERSON WHOM THE DEFENDANT INTENDS TO CALL AS A WITNESS FOR THE SOLE S. 8707 6 PURPOSE OF IMPEACHING A PROSECUTION WITNESS IS NOT REQUIRED UNTIL AFTER THE PROSECUTION WITNESS HAS TESTIFIED AT TRIAL. (C) IF IN THE EXERCISE OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE THE RECIPROCALLY DISCOVERABLE INFORMATION UNDER PARAGRAPH (F) OR (O) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION IS UNAVAILABLE FOR DISCLOSURE WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 245.10 OF THIS ARTICLE, SUCH TIME PERIOD SHALL BE STAYED WITHOUT NEED FOR A MOTION PURSUANT TO SUBDI- VISION TWO OF SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTICLE; BUT THE DISCLOSURE SHALL BE MADE AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AND SUBJECT TO THE CONTINUING DUTY TO DISCLOSE IN SECTION 245.60 OF THIS ARTICLE. 5. STAY OF AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY; REMEDIES AND SANCTIONS. SECTION 245.10 AND SUBDIVISIONS ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR OF THIS SECTION SHALL HAVE THE FORCE AND EFFECT OF A COURT ORDER, AND FAILURE TO PROVIDE DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION OR SUBDIVISION MAY RESULT IN APPLICATION OF ANY REMEDIES OR SANCTIONS PERMITTED FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH A COURT ORDER UNDER SECTION 245.80 OF THIS ARTICLE. HOWEVER, IF IN THE JUDGMENT OF EITHER PARTY GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR DECLINING TO MAKE ANY OF THE DISCLO- SURES SET FORTH ABOVE, SUCH PARTY MAY MOVE FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSU- ANT TO SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTICLE AND PRODUCTION OF THE ITEM SHALL BE STAYED PENDING A RULING BY THE COURT. THE OPPOSING PARTY SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN WRITING THAT INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN DISCLOSED UNDER A PARTICULAR SECTION. WHEN SOME PARTS OF MATERIAL OR INFORMATION ARE DISCOVERABLE BUT IN THE JUDGMENT OF A PARTY GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR DECLINING TO DISCLOSE OTHER PARTS, THE DISCOVERABLE PARTS SHALL BE DISCLOSED AND THE DISCLOSING PARTY SHALL GIVE NOTICE IN WRITING THAT NON-DISCOVERABLE PARTS HAVE BEEN WITHHELD. 6. REDACTIONS PERMITTED. EITHER PARTY MAY REDACT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND TAX NUMBERS FROM DISCLOSURES UNDER THIS ARTICLE. § 245.25 DISCLOSURE PRIOR TO GUILTY PLEA DEADLINE. 1. PRE-INDICTMENT GUILTY PLEAS. UPON A FELONY COMPLAINT, WHERE THE PROSECUTION HAS MADE A PRE-INDICTMENT GUILTY PLEA OFFER REQUIRING A PLEA TO A CRIME, THE DEFENDANT SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT UPON TIMELY REQUEST AND REASONABLE NOTICE TO THE PROSECUTION TO INSPECT ANY AVAILABLE POLICE OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REPORT OF A FACTUAL NATURE REGARDING THE ARREST OR INVESTIGATION OF THE CHARGES, AND/OR ANY DESIGNATED AND AVAIL- ABLE ITEMS OR INFORMATION THAT COULD BE OF MATERIAL IMPORTANCE TO THE DECISION ON THE GUILTY PLEA OFFER AND WOULD BE DISCOVERABLE PRIOR TO TRIAL UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE. THE PROS- ECUTION SHALL DISCLOSE THE REQUESTED AND DESIGNATED ITEMS OR INFORMA- TION, AS WELL AS ANY KNOWN INFORMATION THAT TENDS TO BE EXCULPATORY OR TO SUPPORT A DEFENSE TO A CHARGED OFFENSE, NOT LESS THAN THREE CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE OF ANY GUILTY PLEA OFFER BY THE PROSE- CUTION OR ANY DEADLINE IMPOSED BY THE COURT FOR ACCEPTANCE OF A NEGOTI- ATED GUILTY PLEA OFFER. IF THE PROSECUTION DOES NOT COMPLY WITH A PROP- ER REQUEST MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COURT MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION AS NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE NON-COMPLIANCE, INCLUDING ALLOWING A GUILTY PLEA TO THE ORIGINAL GUILTY PLEA OFFER NOTWITHSTANDING OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER. THE INSPECTION RIGHTS UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION DO NOT APPLY TO ITEMS OR INFORMATION THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF A PROTECTIVE ORDER UNDER SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTICLE; BUT IF SUCH INFORMATION TENDS TO BE EXCULPATORY, THE COURT SHALL RECONSIDER THE PROTECTIVE ORDER. THE COURT MAY DENY AN INSPECTION RIGHT UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION WHEN A REASONABLE PERSON IN THE DEFENDANT'S POSITION WOULD NOT CONSIDER THE REQUESTED AND DESIGNATED ITEM OR INFORMATION TO BE OF MATERIAL IMPORTANCE TO THE DECISION ON THE GUILTY PLEA OFFER. A DEFEND- S. 8707 7 ANT MAY WAIVE HIS OR HER RIGHTS UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION; BUT A GUILTY PLEA OFFER MAY NOT BE CONDITIONED ON SUCH WAIVER. 2. OTHER GUILTY PLEAS. UPON AN INDICTMENT, SUPERIOR COURT INFORMATION, PROSECUTOR'S INFORMATION, INFORMATION, SIMPLIFIED INFORMATION, OR MISDEMEANOR COMPLAINT, WHERE THE PROSECUTION HAS MADE A GUILTY PLEA OFFER REQUIRING A PLEA TO A CRIME, THE DEFENDANT SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT UPON TIMELY REQUEST AND REASONABLE NOTICE TO THE PROSECUTION TO INSPECT ANY AVAILABLE POLICE OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REPORT OF A FACTUAL NATURE REGARDING THE ARREST OR INVESTIGATION OF THE CHARGES, AND/OR ANY DESIGNATED AND AVAILABLE ITEMS OR INFORMATION THAT COULD BE OF MATERIAL IMPORTANCE TO THE DECISION ON THE GUILTY PLEA OFFER AND WOULD BE DISCOV- ERABLE PRIOR TO TRIAL UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE. THE PROSECUTION SHALL DISCLOSE THE REQUESTED AND DESIGNATED ITEMS OR INFORMATION, AS WELL AS ANY KNOWN INFORMATION THAT TENDS TO BE EXCULPATORY OR TO SUPPORT A DEFENSE TO A CHARGED OFFENSE, NOT LESS THAN SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE OF ANY GUILTY PLEA OFFER BY THE PROSECUTION OR ANY DEADLINE IMPOSED BY THE COURT FOR A GUILTY PLEA. IF THE PROSECUTION DOES NOT COMPLY WITH A PROPER REQUEST MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, THE GUILTY PLEA OFFER MAY BE DEEMED AVAILABLE TO THE DEFENDANT UNTIL SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS AFTER THE PROSE- CUTION HAS MADE THE DISCLOSURE OR THE COURT MAY TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION AS NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE NON-COMPLIANCE. THE INSPECTION RIGHTS UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION DO NOT APPLY TO ITEMS OR INFORMATION THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF A PROTECTIVE ORDER UNDER SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTICLE; BUT IF SUCH INFORMATION TENDS TO BE EXCULPATORY, THE COURT SHALL RECONSIDER THE PROTECTIVE ORDER. THE COURT MAY DENY AN INSPECTION RIGHT UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION WHEN A REASONABLE PERSON IN THE DEFENDANT'S POSITION WOULD NOT CONSIDER THE REQUESTED AND DESIGNATED ITEM OR INFORMATION TO BE OF MATERIAL IMPORTANCE TO THE DECISION ON THE GUILTY PLEA OFFER. A DEFEND- ANT MAY WAIVE HIS OR HER RIGHTS UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, BUT A GUILTY PLEA OFFER MAY NOT BE CONDITIONED ON SUCH WAIVER. § 245.30 COURT ORDERS FOR PRESERVATION, ACCESS OR DISCOVERY. 1. ORDER TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE. AT ANY TIME, A PARTY MAY MOVE FOR A COURT ORDER TO ANY INDIVIDUAL, AGENCY OR OTHER ENTITY IN POSSESSION, CUSTODY OR CONTROL OF ITEMS WHICH RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE OR ARE OTHERWISE RELEVANT, REQUIRING THAT SUCH ITEMS BE PRESERVED FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME. THE COURT SHALL HEAR AND RULE UPON SUCH MOTIONS EXPEDITIOUSLY. THE COURT MAY MODIFY OR VACATE SUCH AN ORDER UPON A SHOWING THAT PRESERVATION OF PARTICULAR EVIDENCE WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIP, ON CONDITION THAT THE PROBATIVE VALUE OF THAT EVIDENCE IS PRESERVED BY A SPECIFIED ALTERNATIVE MEANS. 2. ORDER TO GRANT ACCESS TO PREMISES. AT ANY TIME, THE DEFENDANT MAY MOVE FOR A COURT ORDER TO ANY INDIVIDUAL, AGENCY OR OTHER ENTITY IN POSSESSION, CUSTODY OR CONTROL OF A CRIME SCENE OR OTHER PREMISES THAT RELATES TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE OR IS OTHERWISE RELEVANT, REQUIRING THAT COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT BE GRANTED PROMPT AND REASON- ABLE ACCESS TO INSPECT, PHOTOGRAPH OR MEASURE SUCH CRIME SCENE OR PREM- ISES, AND THAT THE CONDITION OF THE CRIME SCENE OR PREMISES REMAIN UNCHANGED IN THE INTERIM. THE COURT SHALL HEAR AND RULE UPON SUCH MOTIONS EXPEDITIOUSLY. THE COURT MAY MODIFY OR VACATE SUCH AN ORDER UPON A SHOWING THAT GRANTING ACCESS TO A PARTICULAR CRIME SCENE OR PREM- ISES WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIP, ON CONDITION THAT THE PROBATIVE VALUE OF SUCH LOCATION IS PRESERVED BY A SPECIFIED ALTERNATIVE MEANS. 3. DISCRETIONARY DISCOVERY BY ORDER OF THE COURT. THE COURT IN ITS DISCRETION MAY, UPON A SHOWING BY THE DEFENDANT THAT THE REQUEST IS REASONABLE AND THAT THE DEFENDANT IS UNABLE WITHOUT UNDUE HARDSHIP TO S. 8707 8 OBTAIN THE SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENT BY OTHER MEANS, ORDER THE PROSECUTION, OR ANY INDIVIDUAL, AGENCY OR OTHER ENTITY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT, TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR DISCLOSURE TO THE DEFENDANT ANY MATERI- AL OR INFORMATION WHICH POTENTIALLY RELATES TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE AND IS REASONABLY LIKELY TO BE MATERIAL. A MOTION UNDER THIS SUBDI- VISION MUST BE ON NOTICE TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY AFFECTED BY THE ORDER. THE COURT MAY, UPON REQUEST OF ANY PERSON OR ENTITY AFFECTED BY THE ORDER, MODIFY OR VACATE THE ORDER IF COMPLIANCE WOULD BE UNREASONABLE OR WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIP. THE COURT MAY PERMIT A PARTY SEEKING OR OPPOSING A DISCRETIONARY ORDER OF DISCOVERY UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, OR ANOTHER AFFECTED PERSON OR ENTITY, TO SUBMIT PAPERS OR TESTIFY ON THE RECORD EX PARTE OR IN CAMERA. ANY SUCH PAPERS AND A TRANSCRIPT OF SUCH TESTIMONY MAY BE SEALED AND SHALL CONSTITUTE A PART OF THE RECORD ON APPEAL. § 245.35 COURT ORDERED PROCEDURES TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE. TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE, AND TO REDUCE OR STREAM- LINE LITIGATION OF ANY DISPUTES ABOUT DISCOVERY, THE COURT IN ITS DISCRETION MAY ISSUE AN ORDER: 1. REQUIRING THAT THE PROSECUTOR AND COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT DILI- GENTLY CONFER TO ATTEMPT TO REACH AN ACCOMMODATION AS TO ANY DISPUTE CONCERNING DISCOVERY PRIOR TO SEEKING A RULING FROM THE COURT; 2. REQUIRING A DISCOVERY COMPLIANCE CONFERENCE AT A SPECIFIED TIME PRIOR TO TRIAL BETWEEN THE PROSECUTOR, COUNSEL FOR ALL DEFENDANTS, AND THE COURT OR ITS STAFF; 3. REQUIRING THE PROSECUTION TO FILE AN ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE THAT STATES THAT THE PROSECUTOR AND/OR AN APPROPRIATE NAMED AGENT HAS MADE REASONABLE INQUIRIES OF ALL POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER PERSONS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN INVESTIGATING OR EVALUATING THE CASE ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF ANY FAVORABLE EVIDENCE OR INFORMATION WITHIN PARAGRAPH (K) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE, INCLUDING SUCH EVIDENCE OR INFORMATION THAT WAS NOT REDUCED TO WRITING OR OTHERWISE MEMORIALIZED OR PRESERVED AS EVIDENCE, AND HAS DISCLOSED ANY SUCH INFORMATION TO THE DEFENDANT; AND/OR 4. REQUIRING OTHER MEASURES OR PROCEEDINGS DESIGNED TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE GOALS OF THIS ARTICLE. § 245.40 NON-TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE FROM THE DEFENDANT. 1. AVAILABILITY. AFTER THE FILING OF AN ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT, AND SUBJECT TO CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS, THE COURT MAY, UPON MOTION OF THE PROSECUTION SHOWING PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THE DEFENDANT HAS COMMITTED THE CRIME, A CLEAR INDICATION THAT RELEVANT MATERIAL EVIDENCE WILL BE FOUND, AND THAT THE METHOD USED TO SECURE SUCH EVIDENCE IS SAFE AND RELIABLE, REQUIRE A DEFENDANT TO PROVIDE NON-TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, INCLUDING TO: (A) APPEAR IN A LINEUP; (B) SPEAK FOR IDENTIFICATION BY A WITNESS OR POTENTIAL WITNESS; (C) BE FINGERPRINTED; (D) POSE FOR PHOTOGRAPHS NOT INVOLVING REENACTMENT OF AN EVENT; (E) PERMIT THE TAKING OF SAMPLES OF THE DEFENDANT'S BLOOD, HAIR, AND OTHER MATERIALS OF THE DEFENDANT'S BODY THAT INVOLVES NO UNREASONABLE INTRUSION THEREOF; (F) PROVIDE SPECIMENS OF THE DEFENDANT'S HANDWRITING; AND (G) SUBMIT TO A REASONABLE PHYSICAL OR MEDICAL INSPECTION OF THE DEFENDANT'S BODY. 2. LIMITATIONS. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO ALTER OR IN ANY WAY AFFECT THE ISSUANCE OF A SIMILAR COURT ORDER, AS MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY LAW, BEFORE THE FILING OF AN ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT, CONSISTENT WITH S. 8707 9 SUCH RIGHTS AS THE DEFENDANT MAY DERIVE FROM THE STATE CONSTITUTION OR THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO ALTER OR IN ANY WAY AFFECT THE ADMINISTRATION OF A CHEMICAL TEST WHERE OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED. AN ORDER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION MAY BE DENIED, LIMITED OR CONDITIONED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTICLE. § 245.45 DNA COMPARISON ORDER. WHERE PROPERTY IN THE PROSECUTION'S POSSESSION, CUSTODY, OR CONTROL CONSISTS OF A DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID ("DNA") PROFILE OBTAINED FROM PROBATIVE BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL GATHERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTI- GATION OF THE CRIME, OR THE DEFENDANT, OR THE PROSECUTION OF THE DEFEND- ANT, AND THE DEFENDANT ESTABLISHES (A) THAT SUCH PROFILE COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION OR STATE REQUIREMENTS, WHICHEVER ARE APPLICABLE AND AS SUCH REQUIREMENTS ARE APPLIED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN- CIES SEEKING A KEYBOARD SEARCH OR SIMILAR COMPARISON, AND (B) THAT THE DATA MEETS STATE DNA INDEX SYSTEM OR NATIONAL DNA INDEX SYSTEM CRITERIA AS SUCH CRITERIA ARE APPLIED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SEEKING SUCH A KEYBOARD SEARCH OR SIMILAR COMPARISON, THE COURT MAY, UPON MOTION OF A DEFENDANT AGAINST WHOM AN INDICTMENT, SUPERIOR COURT INFORMATION, PROSECUTOR'S INFORMATION, INFORMATION, OR SIMPLIFIED INFORMATION IS PENDING, ORDER AN ENTITY THAT HAS ACCESS TO THE COMBINED DNA INDEX SYSTEM OR ITS SUCCESSOR SYSTEM TO COMPARE SUCH DNA PROFILE AGAINST DNA DATABANKS BY KEYBOARD SEARCHES, OR A SIMILAR METHOD THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE UPLOADING, UPON NOTICE TO BOTH PARTIES AND THE ENTITY REQUIRED TO PERFORM THE SEARCH, UPON A SHOWING BY THE DEFENDANT THAT SUCH A COMPARISON IS MATERIAL TO THE PRESENTATION OF HIS OR HER DEFENSE AND THAT THE REQUEST IS REASONABLE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A "KEYBOARD SEARCH" SHALL MEAN A SEARCH OF A DNA PROFILE AGAINST THE DATABANK IN WHICH THE PROFILE THAT IS SEARCHED IS NOT UPLOADED TO OR MAINTAINED IN THE DATABANK. § 245.50 CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE. 1. BY THE PROSECUTION. WHEN THE PROSECUTION HAS PROVIDED THE DISCOVERY REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE, EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS OR INFORMATION THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF AN ORDER PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTICLE, IT SHALL SERVE UPON THE DEFENDANT AND FILE WITH THE COURT A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE. THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE SHALL STATE THAT, AFTER EXERCISING DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKING REASONABLE INQUIRIES TO ASCERTAIN THE EXISTENCE OF MATERIAL AND INFOR- MATION SUBJECT TO DISCOVERY, THE PROSECUTOR HAS DISCLOSED AND MADE AVAILABLE ALL KNOWN MATERIAL AND INFORMATION SUBJECT TO DISCOVERY. IT SHALL ALSO IDENTIFY THE ITEMS PROVIDED. IF ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY IS SUBSEQUENTLY PROVIDED PRIOR TO TRIAL PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.60 OF THIS ARTICLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE SERVED UPON THE DEFENDANT AND FILED WITH THE COURT IDENTIFYING THE ADDITIONAL MATERIAL AND INFOR- MATION PROVIDED. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE TO THE PROSECUTION OR THE PROSE- CUTOR SHALL RESULT FROM THE FILING OF A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE IN GOOD FAITH; BUT THE COURT MAY GRANT A REMEDY OR SANCTION FOR A DISCOV- ERY VIOLATION AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 245.80 OF THIS ARTICLE. 2. BY THE DEFENDANT. WHEN THE DEFENDANT HAS PROVIDED ALL DISCOVERY REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE, EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS OR INFORMATION THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF AN ORDER PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.70 OF THIS ARTICLE, COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT SHALL SERVE UPON THE PROSECUTION AND FILE WITH THE COURT A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLI- ANCE. THE CERTIFICATE SHALL STATE THAT, AFTER EXERCISING DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKING REASONABLE INQUIRIES TO ASCERTAIN THE EXISTENCE OF MATERIAL AND INFORMATION SUBJECT TO DISCOVERY, COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT HAS DISCLOSED AND MADE AVAILABLE ALL KNOWN MATERIAL AND INFORMATION SUBJECT S. 8707 10 TO DISCOVERY. IT SHALL ALSO IDENTIFY THE ITEMS PROVIDED. IF ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY IS SUBSEQUENTLY PROVIDED PRIOR TO TRIAL PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.60 OF THIS ARTICLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE SERVED UPON THE PROSECUTION AND FILED WITH THE COURT IDENTIFYING THE ADDITIONAL MATERIAL AND INFORMATION PROVIDED. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE TO THE DEFENDANT OR COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT SHALL RESULT FROM THE FILING OF A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE IN GOOD FAITH; BUT THE COURT MAY GRANT A REME- DY OR SANCTION FOR A DISCOVERY VIOLATION AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 245.80 OF THIS ARTICLE. § 245.55 FLOW OF INFORMATION. 1. SUFFICIENT COMMUNICATION FOR COMPLIANCE. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE ASSISTANT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CASE, OR, IF THE MATTER IS NOT BEING PROSECUTED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, THE PROSECUTING AGENCY AND ITS ASSIGNED REPRESENTATIVE, SHALL ENDEAVOR TO ENSURE THAT A FLOW OF INFOR- MATION IS MAINTAINED BETWEEN THE POLICE AND OTHER INVESTIGATIVE PERSON- NEL AND HIS OR HER OFFICE SUFFICIENT TO PLACE WITHIN HIS OR HER POSSESSION OR CONTROL ALL MATERIAL AND INFORMATION PERTINENT TO THE DEFENDANT AND THE OFFENSE OR OFFENSES CHARGED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT- ED TO, ANY EVIDENCE OR INFORMATION DISCOVERABLE UNDER PARAGRAPH (K) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE. 2. PROVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FILES. ABSENT A COURT ORDER OR CLEAR SECURITY REQUIREMENT, UPON REQUEST BY THE PROSECUTION, A NEW YORK STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PROSECUTION A COMPLETE COPY OF ITS COMPLETE FILES RELATED TO THE INVESTIGATION OF THE CASE OR THE PROSECUTION OF THE DEFENDANT FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ARTI- CLE. 3. 911 TELEPHONE CALL AND POLICE RADIO TRANSMISSION ELECTRONIC RECORDINGS, POLICE WORN BODY CAMERA RECORDINGS AND OTHER POLICE RECORDINGS. (A) WHENEVER AN ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF A 911 TELEPHONE CALL OR A POLICE RADIO TRANSMISSION OR VIDEO OR AUDIO FOOTAGE FROM A POLICE BODY-WORN CAMERA OR OTHER POLICE RECORDING WAS MADE OR RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTIGATION OF AN APPARENT CRIMINAL INCIDENT, THE ARRESTING OFFICER OR LEAD DETECTIVE SHALL EXPEDITIOUSLY NOTIFY THE PROSECUTION IN WRITING UPON THE FILING OF AN ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT OF THE EXISTENCE OF ALL SUCH KNOWN RECORDINGS. THE PROSECUTION SHALL EXPE- DITIOUSLY TAKE WHATEVER REASONABLE STEPS ARE NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT ALL KNOWN ELECTRONIC RECORDINGS OF 911 TELEPHONE CALLS, POLICE RADIO TRANSMISSIONS AND VIDEO AND AUDIO FOOTAGE AND OTHER POLICE RECORDINGS MADE OR AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE ARE PRESERVED THROUGHOUT THE PENDENCY OF THE CASE. UPON THE DEFENDANT'S TIMELY REQUEST AND DESIG- NATION OF A SPECIFIC ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF A 911 TELEPHONE CALL, THE PROSECUTION SHALL ALSO EXPEDITIOUSLY TAKE WHATEVER REASONABLE STEPS ARE NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT IT IS PRESERVED THROUGHOUT THE PENDENCY OF THE CASE. (B) IF THE PROSECUTION FAILS TO DISCLOSE SUCH AN ELECTRONIC RECORDING TO THE DEFENDANT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (E), (G) OR (K) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE DUE TO A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS OBLIGATION BY POLICE OFFICERS OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PROSE- CUTION PERSONNEL, THE COURT UPON MOTION OF THE DEFENDANT SHALL IMPOSE AN APPROPRIATE REMEDY OR SANCTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 245.80 OF THIS ARTI- CLE. § 245.60 CONTINUING DUTY TO DISCLOSE. IF EITHER THE PROSECUTION OR THE DEFENDANT SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNS OF ADDITIONAL MATERIAL OR INFORMATION WHICH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNDER A DUTY TO DISCLOSE PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE AT THE TIME OF A PREVIOUS DISCOVERY OBLIGATION OR DISCOVERY ORDER, IT SHALL EXPEDITIOUSLY S. 8707 11 NOTIFY THE OTHER PARTY AND DISCLOSE THE ADDITIONAL MATERIAL OR INFORMA- TION AS REQUIRED FOR INITIAL DISCOVERY UNDER THIS ARTICLE. THIS PROVISION ALSO REQUIRES EXPEDITIOUS DISCLOSURE BY THE PROSECUTION OF MATERIAL OR INFORMATION THAT BECAME RELEVANT TO THE CASE OR DISCOVERABLE BASED UPON RECIPROCAL DISCOVERY RECEIVED FROM THE DEFENDANT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE. § 245.65 WORK PRODUCT. THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT AUTHORIZE DISCOVERY BY A PARTY OF THOSE PORTIONS OF RECORDS, REPORTS, CORRESPONDENCE, MEMORANDA, OR INTERNAL DOCUMENTS OF THE ADVERSE PARTY WHICH ARE ONLY THE LEGAL RESEARCH, OPINIONS, THEORIES OR CONCLUSIONS OF THE ADVERSE PARTY OR ITS ATTORNEY OR THE ATTORNEY'S AGENTS, OR OF STATEMENTS OF A DEFENDANT, WRITTEN OR RECORDED OR SUMMA- RIZED IN ANY WRITING OR RECORDING, MADE TO THE ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFEND- ANT OR THE ATTORNEY'S AGENTS. § 245.70 PROTECTIVE ORDERS. 1. ANY DISCOVERY SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER. UPON A SHOWING OF GOOD CAUSE BY EITHER PARTY, THE COURT MAY AT ANY TIME ORDER THAT DISCOVERY OR INSPECTION OF ANY KIND OF MATERIAL OR INFORMATION UNDER THIS ARTICLE BE DENIED, RESTRICTED, CONDITIONED OR DEFERRED, OR MAKE SUCH OTHER ORDER AS IS APPROPRIATE. THE COURT MAY IMPOSE AS A CONDITION ON DISCOVERY TO A DEFENDANT THAT THE MATERIAL OR INFORMATION TO BE DISCOVERED BE AVAILABLE ONLY TO COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT; OR, ALTERNATIVELY, THAT COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT, AND PERSONS EMPLOYED BY THE ATTORNEY OR APPOINTED BY THE COURT TO ASSIST IN THE PREPARATION OF A DEFENDANT'S CASE, MAY NOT DISCLOSE PHYSICAL COPIES OF THE DISCOVERABLE DOCUMENTS TO A DEFENDANT OR TO ANYONE ELSE, PROVIDED THAT THE PROSECUTION AFFORDS THE DEFENDANT ACCESS TO INSPECT REDACTED COPIES OF THE DISCOVERABLE DOCUMENTS AT A SUPERVISED LOCATION THAT PROVIDES REGULAR AND REASONABLE HOURS FOR SUCH ACCESS, SUCH AS A PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, POLICE STATION, FACILITY OF DETENTION, OR COURT. THE COURT MAY PERMIT A PARTY SEEKING OR OPPOSING A PROTECTIVE ORDER UNDER THIS SECTION, OR ANOTHER AFFECTED PERSON, TO SUBMIT PAPERS OR TESTIFY ON THE RECORD EX PARTE OR IN CAMERA. ANY SUCH PAPERS AND A TRANSCRIPT OF SUCH TESTIMONY MAY BE SEALED AND SHALL CONSTITUTE A PART OF THE RECORD ON APPEAL. THIS SECTION DOES NOT ALTER THE ALLOCATION OF THE BURDEN OF PROOF WITH REGARD TO MATTERS AT ISSUE, INCLUDING PRIVILEGE. 2. MODIFICATION OF TIME PERIODS FOR DISCOVERY. UPON MOTION OF A PARTY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CASE, THE COURT MAY ALTER THE TIME PERIODS FOR DISCOV- ERY IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE UPON A SHOWING OF GOOD CAUSE. 3. PROMPT HEARING. UPON REQUEST FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER, THE COURT SHALL CONDUCT AN APPROPRIATE HEARING WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS TO DETERMINE WHETHER GOOD CAUSE HAS BEEN SHOWN AND WHEN PRACTICABLE SHALL RENDER DECISION EXPEDITIOUSLY. ANY MATERIALS SUBMITTED AND A TRANSCRIPT OF THE PROCEEDING MAY BE SEALED AND SHALL CONSTITUTE A PART OF THE RECORD ON APPEAL. 4. SHOWING OF GOOD CAUSE. GOOD CAUSE UNDER THIS SECTION MAY INCLUDE: CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OR LIMITATIONS; DANGER TO THE INTEGRITY OF PHYS- ICAL EVIDENCE; A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF PHYSICAL HARM, INTIMIDATION, ECONOMIC REPRISAL, BRIBERY OR UNJUSTIFIED ANNOYANCE OR EMBARRASSMENT TO ANY PERSON; A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF AN ADVERSE EFFECT UPON THE LEGITIMATE NEEDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, INCLUDING THE PROTECTION OF THE CONFIDENTIAL- ITY OF INFORMANTS; DANGER TO ANY PERSON STEMMING FROM FACTORS SUCH AS A DEFENDANT'S GANG AFFILIATION, PRIOR HISTORY OF INTERFERING WITH WITNESSES, OR THREATS OR INTIMIDATING ACTIONS DIRECTED AT POTENTIAL WITNESSES; OR OTHER SIMILAR FACTORS THAT ALSO OUTWEIGH THE USEFULNESS OF THE DISCOVERY. S. 8707 12 5. SUCCESSOR COUNSEL OR PRO SE DEFENDANT. IN CASES IN WHICH THE ATTOR- NEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP IS TERMINATED PRIOR TO TRIAL FOR ANY REASON, ANY MATERIAL OR INFORMATION DISCLOSED SUBJECT TO A CONDITION THAT IT BE AVAILABLE ONLY TO COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT, OR LIMITED IN DISSEMINATION BY PROTECTIVE ORDER OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE PROVIDED ONLY TO SUCCESSOR COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT UNDER THE SAME CONDITION OR CONDITIONS OR BE RETURNED TO THE PROSECUTION, UNLESS THE COURT RULES OTHERWISE FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN OR THE PROSECUTOR GIVES WRITTEN CONSENT. ANY WORK PRODUCT DERIVED FROM SUCH MATERIAL OR INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE PROVIDED TO THE DEFENDANT, UNLESS THE COURT RULES OTHERWISE OR THE PROSECUTOR GIVES WRITTEN CONSENT. IF THE DEFENDANT IS ACTING AS HIS OR HER OWN ATTORNEY, THE COURT MAY REGULATE THE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER OF ACCESS TO ANY DISCOVERABLE MATERIAL OR INFORMATION; AND IT MAY AS APPROPRIATE APPOINT PERSONS TO ASSIST THE DEFENDANT IN THE INVESTIGATION OR PREPARATION OF THE CASE. UPON MOTION OR APPLICATION OF A DEFENDANT ACTING AS HIS OR HER OWN ATTORNEY, THE COURT MAY AT ANY TIME MODIFY OR VACATE ANY CONDITION OR RESTRICTION RELATING TO ACCESS TO DISCOVERABLE MATERIAL OR INFORMA- TION, FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN. 6. EXPEDITED REVIEW OF ADVERSE RULING. (A) A PARTY THAT HAS UNSUCCESS- FULLY SOUGHT, OR UNSUCCESSFULLY OPPOSED THE GRANTING OF, A PROTECTIVE ORDER UNDER THIS SECTION RELATING TO THE NAME, ADDRESS, CONTACT INFORMA- TION OR STATEMENTS OF A PERSON MAY OBTAIN EXPEDITED REVIEW OF THAT RULING BY AN INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE OF THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT TO WHICH AN APPEAL FROM A JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION IN THE CASE WOULD BE TAKEN. (B) SUCH REVIEW SHALL BE SOUGHT WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS OF THE ADVERSE OR PARTIALLY ADVERSE RULING, BY ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FILED WITH THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT. THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE SHALL IN ADDI- TION BE TIMELY SERVED ON THE LOWER COURT AND ON THE OPPOSING PARTY, AND SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SWORN AFFIRMATION STATING IN GOOD FAITH (I) THAT THE RULING AFFECTS SUBSTANTIAL INTERESTS, AND (II) THAT DILIGENT EFFORTS TO REACH AN ACCOMMODATION OF THE UNDERLYING DISCOVERY DISPUTE WITH OPPOSING COUNSEL FAILED OR THAT NO ACCOMMODATION WAS FEASIBLE; EXCEPT THAT SERVICE ON THE OPPOSING PARTY, AND A STATEMENT REGARDING EFFORTS TO REACH AN ACCOMMODATION, ARE UNNECESSARY WHERE THE OPPOSING PARTY WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE APPLICATION FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER AND GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR OMITTING SERVICE OF THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON THE OPPOSING PARTY. THE LOWER COURT'S ORDER SUBJECT TO REVIEW SHALL BE STAYED UNTIL THE APPELLATE JUSTICE RENDERS DECISION. (C) THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL APPELLATE JUSTICE, AND THE MODE OF AND PROCEDURE FOR THE REVIEW, ARE DETERMINED BY RULES OF THE INDIVID- UAL APPELLATE COURTS. THE APPELLATE JUSTICE MAY CONSIDER ANY RELEVANT AND RELIABLE INFORMATION BEARING ON THE ISSUE, AND MAY DISPENSE WITH WRITTEN BRIEFS OTHER THAN SUPPORTING AND OPPOSING MATERIALS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED TO THE LOWER COURT. THE APPELLATE JUSTICE MAY DISPENSE WITH THE ISSUANCE OF A WRITTEN OPINION IN RENDERING HIS OR HER DECISION, AND WHEN PRACTICABLE SHALL RENDER DECISION EXPEDITIOUSLY. SUCH REVIEW AND DECISION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE RIGHT OF A DEFENDANT, IN A SUBSEQUENT APPEAL FROM A JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION, TO CLAIM AS ERROR THE RULING REVIEWED. 7. COMPLIANCE WITH PROTECTIVE ORDER. ANY PROTECTIVE ORDER ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE IS A MANDATE OF THE COURT FOR PURPOSES OF THE OFFENSE OF CRIMINAL CONTEMPT IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 215.50 OF THE PENAL LAW. § 245.75 WAIVER OF DISCOVERY BY DEFENDANT. S. 8707 13 A DEFENDANT WHO DOES NOT SEEK DISCOVERY FROM THE PROSECUTION UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL SO NOTIFY THE PROSECUTION AND THE COURT AT THE DEFENDANT'S ARRAIGNMENT ON AN INDICTMENT, SUPERIOR COURT INFORMATION, PROSECUTOR'S INFORMATION, INFORMATION, OR SIMPLIFIED INFORMATION, OR EXPEDITIOUSLY THEREAFTER BUT BEFORE RECEIVING DISCOVERY FROM THE PROSE- CUTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.20 OF THIS ARTICLE, AND THE DEFENDANT NEED NOT PROVIDE DISCOVERY TO THE PROSECUTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION 245.20 AND SECTION 245.60 OF THIS ARTI- CLE. A WAIVER SHALL BE IN WRITING AND SIGNED BY THE DEFENDANT AND COUN- SEL FOR THE DEFENDANT. SUCH A WAIVER DOES NOT ALTER OR IN ANY WAY AFFECT THE PROCEDURES, OBLIGATIONS OR RIGHTS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 250.10, 250.20 AND 250.30 OF THIS TITLE, OR OTHERWISE ESTABLISHED OR REQUIRED BY LAW. THE PROSECUTION MAY NOT CONDITION A GUILTY PLEA OFFER ON THE DEFENDANT'S EXECUTION OF A WAIVER UNDER THIS SECTION. § 245.80 REMEDIES OR SANCTIONS FOR NON-COMPLIANCE. 1. NEED FOR REMEDY OR SANCTION. (A) WHEN MATERIAL OR INFORMATION IS DISCOVERABLE UNDER THIS ARTICLE BUT IS DISCLOSED BELATEDLY, THE COURT SHALL IMPOSE AN APPROPRIATE REMEDY OR SANCTION IF THE PARTY ENTITLED TO DISCLOSURE SHOWS THAT IT WAS PREJUDICED. REGARDLESS OF A SHOWING OF PREJUDICE THE PARTY ENTITLED TO DISCLOSURE SHALL BE GIVEN REASONABLE TIME TO PREPARE AND RESPOND TO THE NEW MATERIAL. (B) WHEN MATERIAL OR INFORMATION IS DISCOVERABLE UNDER THIS ARTICLE BUT CANNOT BE DISCLOSED BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN LOST OR DESTROYED, THE COURT SHALL IMPOSE AN APPROPRIATE REMEDY OR SANCTION IF THE PARTY ENTITLED TO DISCLOSURE SHOWS THAT THE LOST OR DESTROYED MATERIAL MAY HAVE CONTAINED SOME INFORMATION RELEVANT TO A CONTESTED ISSUE. THE APPROPRIATE REMEDY OR SANCTION IS THAT WHICH IS PROPORTIONATE TO THE POTENTIAL WAYS IN WHICH THE LOST OR DESTROYED MATERIAL REASONABLY COULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO THE PARTY ENTITLED TO DISCLOSURE. 2. AVAILABLE REMEDIES OR SANCTIONS. FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ANY DISCOVERY ORDER IMPOSED OR ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, THE COURT MAY MAKE A FURTHER ORDER FOR DISCOVERY, GRANT A CONTINUANCE, ORDER THAT A HEARING BE REOPENED, ORDER THAT A WITNESS BE CALLED OR RECALLED, INSTRUCT THE JURY THAT IT MAY DRAW AN ADVERSE INFERENCE REGARDING THE NON-COMPLIANCE, PRECLUDE OR STRIKE A WITNESS'S TESTIMONY OR A PORTION OF A WITNESS'S TESTIMONY, ADMIT OR EXCLUDE EVIDENCE, ORDER A MISTRIAL, ORDER THE DISMISSAL OF ALL OR SOME OF THE CHARGES, OR MAKE SUCH OTHER ORDER AS IT DEEMS JUST UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES; EXCEPT THAT ANY SANCTION AGAINST THE DEFENDANT SHALL COMPORT WITH THE DEFENDANT'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRESENT A DEFENSE, AND PRECLUDING A DEFENSE WITNESS FROM TESTIFYING SHALL BE PERMISSIBLE ONLY UPON A FINDING THAT THE DEFENDANT'S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE DISCOVERY OBLIGATION OR ORDER WAS WILLFUL AND MOTIVATED BY A DESIRE TO OBTAIN A TACTICAL ADVANTAGE. 3. CONSEQUENCES OF NON-DISCLOSURE OF STATEMENT OF TESTIFYING PROSE- CUTION WITNESS. THE FAILURE OF THE PROSECUTOR OR ANY AGENT OF THE PROSE- CUTOR TO DISCLOSE ANY WRITTEN OR RECORDED STATEMENT MADE BY A PROSE- CUTION WITNESS WHICH RELATES TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE WITNESS'S TESTIMONY SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE GROUNDS FOR ANY COURT TO ORDER A NEW PRE-TRIAL HEARING OR SET ASIDE A CONVICTION, OR REVERSE, MODIFY OR VACATE A JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION, IN THE ABSENCE OF A SHOWING BY THE DEFENDANT THAT THERE IS A REASONABLE POSSIBILITY THAT THE NON-DISCLOSURE MATERIALLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE RESULT OF THE TRIAL OR OTHER PROCEEDING; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL AFFECT OR LIMIT ANY RIGHT THE DEFENDANT MAY HAVE TO A REOPENED PRE-TRIAL HEARING WHEN SUCH STATEMENTS WERE DISCLOSED BEFORE THE CLOSE OF EVIDENCE AT TRIAL. § 245.85 ADMISSIBILITY OF DISCOVERY. S. 8707 14 THE FACT THAT A PARTY HAS INDICATED DURING THE DISCOVERY PROCESS AN INTENTION TO OFFER SPECIFIED EVIDENCE OR TO CALL A SPECIFIED WITNESS IS NOT ADMISSIBLE IN EVIDENCE OR GROUNDS FOR ADVERSE COMMENT AT A HEARING OR A TRIAL. § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 610.20 of the criminal procedure law is amended and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as follows: 3. An attorney for a defendant in a criminal action or proceeding, as an officer of a criminal court, may issue a subpoena of such court, subscribed by himself, for the attendance in such court of any witness whom the defendant is entitled to call in such action or proceeding. An attorney for a defendant may not issue a subpoena duces tecum of the court directed to any department, bureau or agency of the state or of a political subdivision thereof, or to any officer or representative ther- eof, UNLESS THE SUBPOENA IS ENDORSED BY THE COURT AND PROVIDES AT LEAST THREE DAYS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE REQUESTED MATERIALS. IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, THE COURT MAY BY ORDER DISPENSE WITH THE THREE-DAY PRODUCTION PERIOD. Such a subpoena duces tecum may be issued in behalf of a defendant upon order of a court pursuant to the rules applicable to civil cases as provided in section twenty-three hundred seven of the civil practice law and rules. 4. THE SHOWING REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN ANY SUBPOENA UNDER THIS SECTION IS THAT THE TESTIMONY OR EVIDENCE SOUGHT IS REASONABLY LIKELY TO BE RELE- VANT AND MATERIAL TO THE PROCEEDINGS, AND THE SUBPOENA IS NOT OVERBROAD OR UNREASONABLY BURDENSOME. § 4. Section 65.20 of the criminal procedure law, as added by chapter 505 of the laws of 1985, subdivision 2 as added, the opening paragraph of subdivision 10 as amended and subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 as renumbered by chapter 548 of the laws of 2007, subdivi- sion 7 and paragraph (k) of subdivision 10 as amended by chapter 320 of the laws of 2006 and subdivisions 11 and 12 as amended by chapter 455 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows: § 65.20 Closed-circuit television; procedure for application and grounds for determination. 1. Prior to the commencement of a criminal proceeding; other than a grand jury proceeding, either party may apply to the court for an order declaring that a child witness is vulnerable. 2. A child witness should be declared vulnerable when the court, in accordance with the provisions of this section, determines by clear and convincing evidence that the child witness would suffer serious mental or emotional harm that would substantially impair the child witness' ability to communicate with the finder of fact without the use of live, two-way closed-circuit television. 3. A motion pursuant to subdivision one of this section must be made in writing at least eight days before the commencement of trial or other criminal proceeding upon reasonable notice to the other party and with an opportunity to be heard. 4. The motion papers must state the basis for the motion and must contain sworn allegations of fact which, if true, would support a deter- mination by the court that the child witness is vulnerable. Such allega- tions may be based upon the personal knowledge of the deponent or upon information and belief, provided that, in the latter event, the sources of such information and the grounds for such belief are stated. 5. The answering papers may admit or deny any of the alleged facts and may, in addition, contain sworn allegations of fact relevant to the motion, including the rights of the defendant, the need to protect the S. 8707 15 child witness and the integrity of the truth-finding function of the trier of fact. 6. Unless all material facts alleged in support of the motion made pursuant to subdivision one of this section are conceded, the court shall, in addition to examining the papers and hearing oral argument, conduct an appropriate hearing for the purpose of making findings of fact essential to the determination of the motion. Except as provided in subdivision [six] SEVEN of this section, it may subpoena or call and examine witnesses, who must either testify under oath or be permitted to give unsworn testimony pursuant to subdivision two of section 60.20 and must authorize the attorneys for the parties to do the same. 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the child witness who is alleged to be vulnerable may not be compelled to testify at such hearing or to submit to any psychological or psychiatric examination. The failure of the child witness to testify at such hearing shall not be a ground for denying a motion made pursuant to subdivision one of this section. Prior statements made by the child witness relating to any allegations of conduct constituting an offense defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law or incest as defined in section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of such law or to any allegation of words or conduct constituting an attempt to prevent, impede or deter the child witness from cooperating in the investigation or prosecution of the offense shall be admissible at such hearing, provided, however, that a declara- tion that a child witness is vulnerable may not be based solely upon such prior statements. 8. (a) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of article forty-five of the civil practice law and rules, any physician, psychologist, nurse or social worker who has treated a child witness may testify at a hearing conducted pursuant to subdivision [five] SIX of this section concerning the treatment of such child witness as such treatment relates to the issue presented at the hearing, provided that any otherwise applicable statutory privileges concerning communications between the child witness and such physician, psychologist, nurse or social worker in connection with such treatment shall not be deemed waived by such testimony alone, except to the limited extent of permitting the court alone to examine in camera reports, records or documents, if any, prepared by such physi- cian, psychologist, nurse or social worker. If upon such examination the court determines that such reports, records or documents, or any one or portion thereof, contain information material and relevant to the issue of whether the child witness is a vulnerable child witness, the court shall disclose such information to both the attorney for the defendant and the district attorney. (b) At any time after a motion has been made pursuant to subdivision one of this section, upon the demand of the other party the moving party must furnish the demanding party with a copy of any and all of such records, reports or other documents in the possession of such other party and must, in addition, supply the court with a copy of all such reports, records or other documents which are the subject of the demand. At any time after a demand has been made pursuant to this paragraph, the moving party may demand that property of the same kind or character in possession of the party that originally made such demand be furnished to the moving party and, if so furnished, be supplied, in addition, to the court. 9. (a) Prior to the commencement of the hearing conducted pursuant to subdivision [five] SIX of this section, the district attorney shall, subject to a protective order, comply with the provisions of PARAGRAPH S. 8707 16 (C) OF subdivision one of section [240.45] 245.20 of this chapter as they concern any witness whom the district attorney intends to call at the hearing and the child witness. (b) Before a defendant calls a witness at such hearing, he or she must, subject to a protective order, comply with the provisions of subdivision [two] FOUR of section [240.45] 245.20 of this chapter as they concern all the witnesses the defendant intends to call at such hearing. 10. The court may consider, in determining whether there are factors which would cause the child witness to suffer serious mental or emotional harm, a finding that any one or more of the following circum- stances have been established by clear and convincing evidence: (a) The manner of the commission of the offense of which the defendant is accused was particularly heinous or was characterized by aggravating circumstances. (b) The child witness is particularly young or otherwise particularly subject to psychological harm on account of a physical or mental condi- tion which existed before the alleged commission of the offense. (c) At the time of the alleged offense, the defendant occupied a posi- tion of authority with respect to the child witness. (d) The offense or offenses charged were part of an ongoing course of conduct committed by the defendant against the child witness over an extended period of time. (e) A deadly weapon or dangerous instrument was allegedly used during the commission of the crime. (f) The defendant has inflicted serious physical injury upon the child witness. (g) A threat, express or implied, of physical violence to the child witness or a third person if the child witness were to report the inci- dent to any person or communicate information to or cooperate with a court, grand jury, prosecutor, police officer or peace officer concern- ing the incident has been made by or on behalf of the defendant. (h) A threat, express or implied, of the incarceration of a parent or guardian of the child witness, the removal of the child witness from the family or the dissolution of the family of the child witness if the child witness were to report the incident to any person or communicate information to or cooperate with a court, grand jury, prosecutor, police officer or peace officer concerning the incident has been made by or on behalf of the defendant. (i) A witness other than the child witness has received a threat of physical violence directed at such witness or to a third person by or on behalf of the defendant. (j) The defendant, at the time of the inquiry, (i) is living in the same household with the child witness, (ii) has ready access to the child witness or (iii) is providing substantial financial support for the child witness. (k) The child witness has previously been the victim of an offense defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law or incest as defined in section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of such law. (l) According to expert testimony, the child witness would be partic- ularly [suceptible] SUSCEPTIBLE to psychological harm if required to testify in open court or in the physical presence of the defendant. 11. Irrespective of whether a motion was made pursuant to subdivision one of this section, the court, at the request of either party or on its own motion, may decide that a child witness may be vulnerable based on its own observations that a child witness who has been called to testify S. 8707 17 at a criminal proceeding is suffering severe mental or emotional harm and therefore is physically or mentally unable to testify or to continue to testify in open court or in the physical presence of the defendant and that the use of live, two-way closed-circuit television is necessary to enable the child witness to testify. If the court so decides, it must conduct the same hearing that subdivision [five] SIX of this section requires when a motion is made pursuant to subdivision one of this section, and it must make findings of fact pursuant to subdivisions [nine] TEN and [eleven] TWELVE of this section, before determining that the child witness is vulnerable. 12. In deciding whether a child witness is vulnerable, the court shall make findings of fact which reflect the causal relationship between the existence of any one or more of the factors set forth in subdivision [nine] TEN of this section or other relevant factors which the court finds are established and the determination that the child witness is vulnerable. If the court is satisfied that the child witness is vulner- able and that, under the facts and circumstances of the particular case, the defendant's constitutional rights to an impartial jury or of confrontation will not be impaired, it may enter an order granting the application for the use of live, two-way closed-circuit television. 13. When the court has determined that a child witness is a vulnerable child witness, it shall make a specific finding as to whether placing the defendant and the child witness in the same room during the testimo- ny of the child witness will contribute to the likelihood that the child witness will suffer severe mental or emotional harm. If the court finds that placing the defendant and the child witness in the same room during the testimony of the child witness will contribute to the likelihood that the child witness will suffer severe mental or emotional harm, the order entered pursuant to subdivision [eleven] TWELVE of this section shall direct that the defendant remain in the courtroom during the testimony of the vulnerable child witness. § 5. Subdivision 5 of section 200.95 of the criminal procedure law, as added by chapter 558 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows: 5. Court ordered bill of particulars. Where a prosecutor has timely served a written refusal pursuant to subdivision four of this section and upon motion, made in writing, of a defendant, who has made a request for a bill of particulars and whose request has not been complied with in whole or in part, the court must, to the extent a protective order is not warranted, order the prosecutor to comply with the request if it is satisfied that the items of factual information requested are authorized to be included in a bill of particulars, and that such information is necessary to enable the defendant adequately to prepare or conduct his defense and, if the request was untimely, a finding of good cause for the delay. Where a prosecutor has not timely served a written refusal pursuant to subdivision four of this section the court must, unless it is satisfied that the people have shown good cause why such an order should not be issued, issue an order requiring the prosecutor to comply or providing for any other order authorized by [subdivision one of section 240.70] SECTION 245.80 OF THIS PART. § 6. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 255.10 of the criminal procedure law, as added by chapter 763 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows: (c) granting discovery pursuant to article [240] 245; or § 7. Subdivision 1 of section 255.20 of the Criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 369 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows: S. 8707 18 1. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, whether the defend- ant is represented by counsel or elects to proceed pro se, all pre-trial motions shall be served or filed within forty-five days after arraign- ment and before commencement of trial, or within such additional time as the court may fix upon application of the defendant made prior to entry of judgment. In an action in which EITHER (A) MATERIAL OR INFORMATION HAS BEEN DISCLOSED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (M) OR (N) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.20, (B) an eavesdropping warrant and application have been furnished pursuant to section 700.70, or (C) a notice of intention to introduce evidence has been served pursuant to section 710.30, such period shall be extended until forty-five days after the last date of such service. If the defendant is not represented by counsel and has requested an adjournment to obtain counsel or to have counsel assigned, such forty-five day period shall commence on the date counsel initially appears on defendant's behalf. § 8. Section 340.30 of the criminal procedure law is amended to read as follows: § 340.30 Pre-trial discovery and notices of defenses. The provisions of article two hundred [forty] FORTY-FIVE, concerning pre-trial discovery by a defendant under indictment in a superior court, and article two hundred fifty, concerning pre-trial notice to the people by a defendant under indictment in a superior court who intends to advance a trial defense of mental disease or defect or of alibi, apply to a prosecution of an information in a local criminal court. § 9. Subdivision 14 of section 400.27 of the criminal procedure law, as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: 14. (a) At a reasonable time prior to the sentencing proceeding or a mental retardation hearing: [(i)] the prosecutor shall, unless previously disclosed and subject to a protective order, make available to the defendant the statements and information specified in subdivision one of section [240.45] 245.20 OF THIS PART and make available for inspection, photographing, copying or testing the property specified in subdivision one of section [240.20; and (ii) the defendant shall, unless previously disclosed and subject to a protective order, make available to the prosecution the statements and information specified in subdivision two of section 240.45 and make available for inspection, photographing, copying or testing, subject to constitutional limitations, the reports, documents and other property specified in subdivision one of section 240.30] 245.20 OF THIS PART. (b) Where a party refuses to make disclosure pursuant to this section, the provisions of section [240.35, subdivision one of section 240.40 and section 240.50] 245.70, 245.75 AND/OR 245.80 OF THIS PART shall apply. (c) If, after complying with the provisions of this section or an order pursuant thereto, a party finds either before or during a sentenc- ing proceeding or mental retardation hearing, additional material subject to discovery or covered by court order, the party shall promptly make disclosure or apply for a protective order. (d) If the court finds that a party has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this section, the court may [enter] EMPLOY any of the [orders] REMEDIES OR SANCTIONS specified in subdivision one of section [240.70] 245.80 OF THIS PART. § 10. The opening paragraph of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 440.30 of the criminal procedure law, as added by chapter 19 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: S. 8707 19 In conjunction with the filing or consideration of a motion to vacate a judgment pursuant to section 440.10 of this article by a defendant convicted after a trial, in cases where the court has ordered an eviden- tiary hearing upon such motion, the court may order that the people produce or make available for inspection property[, as defined in subdi- vision three of section 240.10 of this part,] in its possession, custo- dy, or control that was secured in connection with the investigation or prosecution of the defendant upon credible allegations by the defendant and a finding by the court that such property, if obtained, would be probative to the determination of defendant's actual innocence, and that the request is reasonable. The court shall deny or limit such a request upon a finding that such a request, if granted, would threaten the integrity or chain of custody of property or the integrity of the proc- esses or functions of a laboratory conducting DNA testing, pose a risk of harm, intimidation, embarrassment, reprisal, or other substantially negative consequences to any person, undermine the proper functions of law enforcement including the confidentiality of informants, or on the basis of any other factor identified by the court in the interests of justice or public safety. The court shall further ensure that any prop- erty produced pursuant to this paragraph is subject to a protective order, where appropriate. The court shall deny any request made pursuant to this paragraph where: § 11. Subdivision 10 of section 450.10 of the penal law, as added by chapter 795 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows: 10. Where there has been a failure to comply with the provisions of this section, and where the district attorney does not demonstrate to the satisfaction of the court that such failure has not caused the defendant prejudice, the court shall instruct the jury that it may consider such failure in determining the weight to be given such evidence and may also impose any other sanction set forth in subdivision one of section [240.70] 245.80 of the criminal procedure law; provided, however, that unless the defendant has convinced the court that such failure has caused him undue prejudice, the court shall not preclude the district attorney from introducing into evidence the property, photo- graphs, photocopies, or other reproductions of the property or, where appropriate, testimony concerning its value and condition, where such evidence is otherwise properly authenticated and admissible under the rules of evidence. Failure to comply with any one or more of the provisions of this section shall not for that reason alone be grounds for dismissal of the accusatory instrument. § 12. Section 460.80 of the penal law, as added by chapter 516 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows: § 460.80 Court ordered disclosure. Notwithstanding the provisions of article two hundred [forty] FORTY- FIVE of the criminal procedure law, when forfeiture is sought pursuant to section 460.30 of this [chapter] ARTICLE, the court may order discov- ery of any property not otherwise disclosed which is material and reasonably necessary for preparation by the defendant with respect to the forfeiture proceeding pursuant to such section. The court may issue a protective order denying, limiting, conditioning, delaying or regulat- ing such discovery where a danger to the integrity of physical evidence or a substantial risk of physical harm, intimidation, economic reprisal, bribery or unjustified annoyance or embarrassment to any person or an adverse effect upon the legitimate needs of law enforcement, including the protection of the confidentiality of informants, or any other factor or set of factors outweighs the usefulness of the discovery. S. 8707 20 § 13. Subdivision 5 of section 480.10 of the penal law, as added by chapter 655 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows: 5. In addition to information required to be disclosed pursuant to article two hundred [forty] FORTY-FIVE of the criminal procedure law, when forfeiture is sought pursuant to this article, and following the defendant's arraignment on the special forfeiture information, the court shall order discovery of any information not otherwise disclosed which is material and reasonably necessary for preparation by the defendant with respect to a forfeiture proceeding brought pursuant to this arti- cle. Such material shall include those portions of the grand jury minutes and such other information which pertain solely to the special forfeiture information and shall not include information which pertains to the criminal charges. Upon application of the prosecutor, the court may issue a protective order pursuant to section [240.40] 245.70 of the criminal procedure law with respect to any information required to be disclosed pursuant to this subdivision. § 14. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, the amendments to section 65.20 of the criminal procedure law made by section four of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed there- with.
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