People v. Gatti

The defendant, who is under indictment for the commission of the crime of murder in the first degree, asks for “ an order of inspection, directing the district attorney, (a) to permit a fingerprint expert to be retained by the defendant to examine and photograph the pistol bearing the alleged fingerprints of this defendant; and (b) to furnish a photostatic copy of the fingerprints of the defendant taken at the time of his arrest in the instant case.” The basis for the assumption by the defendant’s counsel, as set out in his moving papers, that the pistol in question had any impressions upon…