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Brooklyn DA reports on dismissal rates and impact on local criminal court
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Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez discusses the impact of discovery reform on case dismissals, particularly in local criminal court, and the strategies employed to manage serious felony cases.
- The most significant impact is seen in local criminal court cases
- 40% of cases in local criminal court are dismissed due to inability to comply with discovery statute
- Overall dismissal rate in Brooklyn has increased to 57%
- For serious felonies, multiple ADAs are assigned to ensure compliance and prevent dismissals
Eric Gonzalez
6:32:19
I'm gonna give you the the number.
6:32:20
I'm asking staff to give you the exact number.
6:32:23
But, generally, what we've seen in and we issued our we filed our report in March.
6:32:29
We provided all of that, so I'm gonna make sure that I leave a copy with you as well.
6:32:35
But what we're seeing, quite honestly, is that the biggest impact is in our local criminal court.
6:32:41
In my in my office, I will put two or three ADAs on a felony matter to make sure that, you know, these serious felonies don't get dismissed.
6:32:52
We've seen a much smaller number of dismissals in supreme court.
6:32:57
That should not mean that discovery is not an issue in the felony practices, that we're doubling and tripling the number of people we're putting on these cases because these are the violent crimes.
6:33:07
Where you really start to see these numbers, skyrocket is in in the local criminal court where, you know, we we're saying 40% of the cases being dismissed in our in our local, criminal court is because we cannot comply with the discovery statute, which is a combination of the material, but also the short deadline.
6:33:28
Sixty days on b misdemeanors, ninety days on a misdemeanors.
6:33:33
So we're seeing right now it's 57% dismissals in the county, up