VIRAG v. HYNES


54 N.Y.2d 437 (1981)

Bertram Virag et al., Doing Business as Echo Adult Home, Respondents, v. Charles J. Hynes, as Deputy Attorney-General of the State of New York, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Kuriansky, Deputy Attorney-General (Arthur G. Weinstein and Jonathan B. Rosenbloom of counsel), for appellant.

Charles T. Matthews for respondents.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.


JASEN, J.

The question presented by this appeal is whether, in response to a motion to quash a Grand Jury subpoena duces tecum on relevancy grounds, a prosecutor is obligated to come forth with a factual demonstration that the items sought by the subpoena have some relation to the subject matter of the Grand Jury's investigation.

On July 10, 1980, petitioners were served with separate subpoenas duces...

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