Legal Opinion

People v. Thomas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 11, 2014Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Lewis Bart Stone, J.), rendered September 21, 2010, as amended September 28, 2010, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender, to a term of 14 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s mistrial motion, made on the ground that the prosecution violated its duty under Brady v Maryland (373 US 83 [1963]) by failing to disclose an alleg*497edly exculpatory document until after both sides had rested. Long before…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. People v. VilardiNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
  3. People v. NelsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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