Tassiello v. Wallace

Application for an order directing respondents to make a certain statement available to petitioner for incorporation in a record on appeal. .

Petitioner was a defendant in a criminal action pending in the Court of General Sessions. Upon the trial of the action, the written statement of a witness who testified against defendant- was handed to the trial judge for the purpose of ascertaining whether it contained any inconsistencies or contradictions with his trial testimony (see People v. Walsh, 262 N. Y. 140, 149-150; People v. Schainuck, 286 N. Y. 161, 164-166). Having determined it contained…