Legal Opinion
People v. Gissendanner
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 17, 1979PublishedCited by 585 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
A jury found the defendant Vida Gissendanner guilty of the criminal sale of cocaine (Penal Law, § 220.16). The Appellate Division has affirmed the judgment of conviction by a vote of 4 to 1.
The primary issue on the present appeal is the propriety of the trial court’s refusal to honor defendant’s request that it issue subpoenas duces tecum requiring the production of personnel records of two police officers, the principal witnesses against the defendant. Implicated by this denial, asserts the defendant, are the constitutional and statutory guarantees of…
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