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People v. Fuentes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 5, 2008
48 A.D.3d 479 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

No. 2006-02844.

February 5, 2008.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lott, J.), rendered February 28, 2006, convicting him of rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Charles T. Glaws, New York, N.Y., for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Anne C. Feigus, and Clare Cusack of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Rivera, J.P., Ritter, Dillon and Carni, JJ.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant moved for a mistrial on the ground that the People failed to disclose a certain document in violation of Brady v Maryland ( 373 US 83). However, even assuming that the document at issue constituted Brady material, the Supreme Court did not err in denying the defendant's motion. While the People unquestionably have a duty to disclose exculpatory material in their control, a defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial is not violated when, as here, he is given a meaningful opportunity to use the allegedly exculpatory material to cross-examine the People's witnesses or as evidence during his case ( see People v Cortijo, 70 NY2d 868, 870; People v Myron, 28 AD3d 681, cert denied 549 US ___, 127 S.Ct 1919).

The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.


Summaries of

People v. Fuentes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 5, 2008
48 A.D.3d 479 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

People v. Fuentes

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSE FUENTES, Appellant

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

Date published: Feb 5, 2008

Citations

48 A.D.3d 479 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 1165
851 N.Y.S.2d 628

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