United States v. Pedro Padrone

We reverse in open court the conviction of Pedro Padrone for narcotics violation and his sentence as a second felony offender because of the government’s conceded and inadvertent failure to make available to defense counsel, as had been ordered by Judge Pollack on April 2, 1968, its record of a statement taken from the defendant by an Assistant United States Attorney after his arrest.

The three-page statement form was handed to Judge Pollack at the hearing of the motion for inspection on April 2, and after examining it he signed a memorandum order which directed the government to “furnish to…