Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Jumo Dillard, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-04-28
Citations: 214 A.D.2d 1028
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v Jumo Dillard, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 214
Pages: 1028–1028

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v Jumo Dillard, Respondent.
[627 NYS2d 184]

Opinion:
Order unanimously reversed on the law, motion denied, indictment reinstated and matter remitted to Monroe County Court for further proceedings on the indictment. Memorandum: County Court erred in dismissing the indictment. The surviving victim testified before the Grand Jury that he and his cousin were shot by a man whom he had identified at the preliminary hearing as defendant. A witness to the shooting also testified that defendant was the perpetrator. The People presented the records of the medical examiner showing that the surviving victim's cousin died from a gunshot wound to the chest. That evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the People, is legally sufficient to support the indictment (see, People v Jennings, 69 NY2d 103, 114-116; People v Deegan, 69 NY2d 976, 978-979). The prosecutor's failure to present exculpatory evidence that the surviving victim had not identified defendant from a photographic array and that the witness had recanted his earlier statement that defendant was the perpetrator does not render the Grand Jury proceeding defective (see, People v Morris, 204 AD2d 973, lv denied 83 NY2d 1005; see also, People v Mitchell, 82 NY2d 509, 515). Such evidence merely relates to credibility, a collateral issue that generally does not materially influence a Grand Jury investigation (see, People v Perry, 187 AD2d 678, lv denied 81 NY2d 891; People v Kaba, 177 AD2d 506, 508, lv denied 79 NY2d 859). (Appeal from Order of Monroe County Court, Maloy, J.—Dismiss Indictment.) Present—Green, J. P., Lawton, Fallon, Callahan and Boehm, JJ.