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MATTER OF KASSEBAUM v. MORGENTHAU

270 A.D.2d 71 (2000)

704 N.Y.S.2d 61

In the Matter of ALAN KASSEBAUM, Appellant, v. ROBERT MORGENTHAU, as District Attorney of New York County, et al., Respondents.

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

Decided March 9, 2000.

As stated in his brief, petitioner seeks disclosure of "statements of witnesses who testified at his criminal trial". Such statements are protected by the public interest privilege, and, as such, are not subject to disclosure absent a showing, not made here, of a "`"compelling and particularized need"'" therefor (Matter of Huston v Turkel, 236 A.D.2d 283, 284, lv denied 90 N.Y.2d 809). Petitioner does not show, for example...

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