People v. Christiano

Defendant is presently under indictment for the crime of driving while intoxicated and vehicular homicide, arising out of his alleged operation of a motor vehicle on April 4, 1965. He moves for discovery and inspection of the hospital records of the decedent, Anna Russo, who after the accident was confined at the United Hospital, Port Chester, N. Y. from April 4,1965 to April 21, 1965, the date of her death.

The affidavit of defendant’s attorney alleges that the cause of her death, according to the Medical Examiner, was a massive pulmonary embolus (blood clot), resulting from a fracture of a…