Case Name: In the Matter of Howard R. Relin, as Monroe County District Attorney, Petitioner, v. John J. Connell, as Monroe County Court Judge, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-02-07
Citations: 236 A.D.2d 894
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Howard R. Relin, as Monroe County District Attorney, Petitioner, v John J. Connell, as Monroe County Court Judge, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 236
Pages: 894–895

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Howard R. Relin, as Monroe County District Attorney, Petitioner, v John J. Connell, as Monroe County Court Judge, et al., Respondents.
[653 NYS2d 751]

Opinion:
—Petition unanimously dismissed without costs. Memorandum: The extraordinary remedy of prohibition is not available to the People to challenge County Court's preclusion of identification testimony based upon the People's failure to serve a CPL 710.30 notice. Prohibition "will not lie as a means of seeking collateral review of mere trial errors of substantive law or procedure" (Matter of Rush v Mordue, 68 NY2d 348, 353; see also, Matter of Holtzman v Goldman, 71 NY2d 564, 569; Matter of State of New York v King, 36 NY2d 59, 62). (Original Proceeding Pursuant to CPLR art 78.) Present—Green, J. P., Lawton, Doerr, Balio and Fallon, JJ.