People v. Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtCardona, P. J.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Nicandri, J.), rendered February 14, 1994, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of arson in the second degree.
On this appeal, defendant initially argues that County Court erred in only imposing the sanction of an adverse inference charge because of the People’s failure to produce, in advance of the trial, a fire investigator’s handwritten notes concerning the results of his investigation. It is true that, as a general rule, a defendant has the right to review any prior statements of prosecution witnesses under the…
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