The grand jury minutes for the indictment of Etan Patz murder suspect Pedro Hernandez will not be handed over early to his defense team, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Maxwell Wiley ruled today.

Defense Attorney Harvey Fishbein asked the court to release the normally sealed minutes of the closed-door proceeding to show that prosecutors presented insufficient evidence.

Fishbein claims the DA’s case is based almost entirely on the confession of a man suffering from serious mental illness.

“The judge didn’t feel there was a benefit to disclosing grand jury minutes,” said Fishbein. The attorney added that he will still seek a dismissal at an April 17th court date.

Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and murder charges stemming from Patz’s disappearance more than 30 years ago in 1979.