MATTER OF HAYNES v. JOHNSON


165 A.D.2d 406 (1991)

In the Matter of Keith Haynes et al., Petitioners, v. Sterling Johnson, Jr., as Special Assistant District Attorney for Narcotics Prosecutions, et al., Respondents In the Matter of Jose Collado, Petitioner, v. Ira E. Beal, as Justice of the Supreme Court, Respondent Juan DeJesus, Petitioner, v. Paul K. Bookson, as Justice of the Supreme Court, Respondent The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Juan Carlos Saenz, Defendant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 28, 1991


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Wasserman of counsel (Robert M. Baum, attorney), for Keith Haynes and another, petitioners in proceeding No. 1.

John J. Dockry for Jose Collado and another, petitioners in proceedings Nos. 2 and 3.

Christopher R. Lynn for Juan Carlos Saenz, defendant.

Mark Dwyer and Marc F. Scholl of counsel (Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, attorney), for Sterling Johnson, Jr., respondent, and another, plaintiff.

Abigail I. Petersen of counsel (Robert Abrams, Attorney-General, attorney), for Paul K. Bookson, respondent.

Jay M. Cohen and Caroline R. Donhauser of counsel (Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, attorney), for District Attorney of Kings County, amicus curiae,.

SULLIVAN, J. P., CARRO, ROSENBERGER and ELLERIN, JJ., concur.


KUPFERMAN, J.

At issue is an agreement reached in March of 1990 between Charles J. Hynes, the District Attorney of Kings County, and Sterling Johnson, Jr., the Special Assistant District Attorney for Narcotics Prosecutions, whereby 20 felony narcotics cases per week would be transferred from Kings County to the Special Narcotics Prosecutor's office for indictment and prosecution in the Special Narcotics Court...

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