People v. Arellano

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County, rendered January 22, 1976, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree. In the trial court defendant challenged the manner in which prospective jurors were drawn, but has withdrawn that challenge. Thus the sole question before us is whether the transcript of the preliminary hearing testimony of a witness for the People was properly admitted into evidence. It is noted that the same attorney who represented the defendant at the preliminary hearing also represented him at the trial and there…