The court properly denied defendant's midtrial request for a protective order pursuant to CPL 240.50 (1) as to a surveillance videotape of the incident. That provision was inapplicable, because discovery had already concluded. In any event, the risk that jurors might view media coverage of the case, in violation of the court's thorough admonitions against doing so, did not present circumstances sufficiently compelling to rebut the presumption of the public's right to access...
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