People v. Hoffner

The defendant moves to set aside a judgment convicting him of the crime of murder, first degree, and (as a consequence of a recommendation of leniency) sentencing him to life imprisonment. The motion proceeds upon the grounds that there has been a deprivation of due process of law in that: (1) there was a suppression of evidence favorable to the defendant, at the trial, and (2) perjury was committed by two of the State’s witnesses.

Upon this motion being made, the District Attorney of Queens County, with commendable candor and in exemplification of the highest standards of the office of a…