Legal Opinion

People v. Geaslen

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 23, 1981PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jones, J.

Defendant was denied his constitutional right to due process when the prosecution failed to disclose Grand Jury testimony to the suppression court for it to determine whether defendant was entitled to have access to that testimony at the suppression hearing. This constitutional deprivation requires that the denial of defendant’s suppression motion be vacated. Independently, defendant’s conviction for the crime of unlawful imprisonment would have to be vacated inasmuch as that crime merged into his conviction of attempted rape in the first degree.

Defendant moved to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. People v. CassidyNew York Court of Appeals · 1976

3Cited by73 opinions

  1. People v. PelchatNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  2. People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  4. People v. ClarkNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
  5. People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1982

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