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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

New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division1997-02-07
236 A.D.2d 894653 N.Y.S.2d 751

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—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.