People v. Thomas

Case held, decision reserved and matter remitted to Cayuga County Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following memorandum: Defendants Sammy and Willie Gene Thomas were con*934victed of second degree murder following a joint trial by jury. At trial, defense counsel had requested for purposes of cross-examination the prior statements of several prosecution witnesses under People v Rosario (9 NY2d 286); however, during the prosecution’s case it was discovered that there were several police reports containing statements of prosecution witnesses which had not been given to defense…