People v. Romeo

The jury had been informed, during the course of the trial, that Gramando had requested the District Attorney’s office to dismiss the gun charge against his wife and that such *753charge had actually been dismissed before he testified against the appellant. The jurors had not, however, been told that Gramando had offered to explain an unsolved murder case if he were assured that his wife would not be prosecuted on the gun charge. We find in that circumstance no basis or warrant for concluding that there was either falsification of testimony by the witness or suppression of fact by the prosecutor.

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