Villacreses v. Rivera

SUMMARY ORDER

Petitioner-appellant Ruben Villacreses appeals from a judgment of the District Court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.2 Petitioner contends that his trial attorney failed to request an adverse inference instruction or some other appropriate sanction after the prosecutor could not produce the crime scene notes written by an investigating police officer who testified at trial. See People v. Rosario, 9 N.Y.2d 286, 290-91, 213 N.Y.S.2d 448, 173 N.E.2d 881 (1961) (requiring the State to disclose to criminal defendant all recorded…