Court Opinion

ID: 5766086
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 17:23:00.263565+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:41:39.071075
License: Public Domain

Appeal by defendant, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County, dated August 25, 1965, as denied, without a hearing, his application for an order directing that he be furnished with copies of all statements made by the complainant which were part of his trial and used by the prosecutor and which appellant alleges were suppressed. Appeal dismissed. The order is not appealable {People v. Farina, 2 A D 2d 776, affd. 2 H Y 2d 454). We have, however, considered the merits of the matter and have concluded that, if the order were appealable, we would affirm, for in the absence of any factual showing that the alleged statements ever existed, and in the face of the District Attorney’s categorical statement that he suppressed no statement, the denial of appellant’s application without a hearing was fully warranted. A hearing is not required on an insubstantial application lacking factual support (see People v. Smyth, 3 H Y 2d 184; People v. Middleton, 14 A D 2d 557; People v. Mysholowshy, 13 A D 2d 823). Beldock, P. J., Christ, Rabin, Benjamin and Munder, JJ., concur.