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People v. Bowman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 9, 1993
191 A.D.2d 225 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)

Opinion

March 9, 1993

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Patricia A. Williams, J.).


Defendant was arrested after he sold a vial of cocaine to an undercover officer. Defendant's claim that he was deprived of Rosario material (People v. Rosario, 9 N.Y.2d 286, cert denied 368 U.S. 866) because the People did not provide him with a copy of the arresting officer's buy corroboration report signed by the officer's supervisor, although he was provided with said report as completed by the arresting officer, is without merit. The People were not required to provide defendant with a signed copy of the buy corroboration report. The arresting officer's supervisor did not testify at trial (People v. Melendez, 178 A.D.2d 366, 367, lv denied 79 N.Y.2d 950) and there is no indication that the signed copy contained additional notations made by the arresting officer or her supervisor. In this regard, the arresting officer testified that she completed the report, removed a copy for herself, and gave the original and the remaining copies to her supervisor for signature, who then only signed the report, without making any changes. Further, since defendant received a copy of the completed report, no prejudice has been demonstrated (People v. Merchant, 171 A.D.2d 887).

We have considered defendant's remaining claims and find them to be without merit

Concur — Ellerin, J.P., Wallach, Asch and Rubin, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Bowman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 9, 1993
191 A.D.2d 225 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
Case details for

People v. Bowman

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MILFORD BOWMAN…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Mar 9, 1993

Citations

191 A.D.2d 225 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
594 N.Y.S.2d 243

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