People v. Vail

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Monserrate, J.), rendered December 9, 1988, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of arson in the third degree and insurance fraud in the second degree.

Defendant was convicted of third degree arson and second *568degree insurance fraud in connection with the conflagration of her home in Broome County on September 27, 1987. On appeal, defendant contends, inter alia, that County Court erred in not sanctioning the prosecution for failing to preserve discoverable material consisting of a daily diary kept by a key prosecution…