People v. Mencher

Motion by the defendant Mencher ‘ ‘ for an order pursuant to Section 308 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the appointment of expert witnesses to assist in the preparation and presentation of the defense herein”.

The moving defendant, Mencher, and others, have been indicted on an indictment which charg’es them with committing the crime of murder in the first degree. Said indictment supersedes another indictment upon which the moving defendant and others were tried and convicted, but which conviction was reversed and a new trial ordered (People v. Donovan and Mencher, 13 N Y 2d 148).

The…