State v. Thompson

Herrmann, J.:

These are three separate cases in which each defendant is charged with murder in the first degree.

As a result of the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in Jencks v. United States, 77 S. Ct. 1007, a motion was filed by the defendant in each case requesting pre-trial inspection of various documents and objects in the possession of Attorney General or of the police. The State has consented to produce certain of the items requested but contests the right of the defendants to pre-trial disclosure of (1) statements of prospective witnesses, written or otherwise…