People v. Margan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bracken, J. P.
In this matter, the Trial Judge directed the prosecutor to begin the direct examination of his first witness even though the defendant’s attorney had not yet arrived in the courtroom. As a consequence of this ruling, a portion of the direct examination of a State witness took place in the absence of defense counsel. The People now concede that "it would have been wiser to wait for defense counsel to arrive before beginning [the witness’s] direct examination”. However, the People also contend that this error, the magnitude of which they considerably…
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