Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Borakove
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 21, 1996PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Petitioner seeks disclosure of certain documents, worksheets and audiotape allegedly created in connection with the autopsy of Charles Freeman, Jr., whom petitioner was convicted of murdering in 1975.
Under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), records which must otherwise be made available to applicants need not be if they are specifically exempted from disclosure by State or Federal statute (Public Officers Law § 87 [2] [a]). Here such exemption exists with regard to the subject records under New York City Charter § 557 (g), which provides that the Chief Medical Examiner "shall promptly…
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