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MATTER OF PRIEST v. HENNESSY

51 N.Y.2d 62 (1980)

In the Matter of Richard D. Priest et al., Appellants, v. Richard A. Hennessy, Jr., as District Attorney of Onondaga County, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Fahey for appellants.

Richard A. Hennessy, Jr., District Attorney (John A. Cirando and Gail N. Uebelhoer of counsel), respondent pro se.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and MEYER Concur with Judge JASEN; Judge FUCHSBERG dissents and votes to reverse in a seperate opinion.

JASEN, J.

This case involves an ongoing Grand Jury investigation of prostitution in Onondaga County. During the course of this investigation, several women testified before the Grand Jury concerning their involvement in prostitution between 1975 and the present. Petitioners Richard D. Priest and George M. Raus are attorneys who had represented some of these witnesses on various occasions during this time period...

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