Legal Opinion
People v. Martinez
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 18, 2014PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Read, J.
This appeal calls upon us to decide whether the trial judge abused his discretion when he declined to give an adverse inference charge regarding the loss of the handwritten complaint report (commonly referred to as a “scratch 61”) prepared by a police officer who responded to a 911 call reporting a robbery. Defendants Selbin Martinez (Selbin) and Christopher Martinez (Christopher) (collectively, defendants) were subsequently convicted of attempted robbery in connection with this incident. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the judge did not abuse his…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Jencks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- People v. RosarioNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
- People v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- People v. RanghelleNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. ConsolazioNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by33 opinions
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