NEW YORK, July 30 (UPI) -- A New York State appeals court denied a request to release testimony used by a grand jury that refused to indict a New York City police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner last year.
The ruling, announced Wednesday, reaffirms a March decision from the State Supreme Court, citing longstanding rules of grand jury secrecy. In its ruling, a four-judge panel of the appellate division said secrecy that protects grand juries trumps disclosure.