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People v. Gallman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 9, 1997
240 A.D.2d 512 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

June 9, 1997

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Golia, J.).


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, the motion is granted, the judgment and amended sentence are vacated, and a new trial is ordered; and it is further,

Ordered that the appeals from the judgment and the amended sentence are dismissed as academic in light of the determination of the appeal from the order.

The defendant contends, inter alia, that a document containing a police interview with the prosecution's main witness was Rosario material (People v. Rosario, 9 N.Y.2d 286) that was never disclosed at trial. The trial court determined that although the transcribed interview was undisclosed Rosario material, it was a duplicative equivalent of another, disclosed, document. However, as the People concede, the duplicative equivalent analysis is inapplicable here because, inter alia, the two documents contained variations (see, People v. Young, 79 N.Y.2d 365, 370; People v. Robinson, 133 A.D.2d 859). Accordingly, a new trial is ordered (see, People v. Young, supra).

The parties' remaining contentions are without merit.

Miller, J.P., Joy, Goldstein and Florio, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Gallman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 9, 1997
240 A.D.2d 512 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

People v. Gallman

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHARLES GALLMAN…

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

Date published: Jun 9, 1997

Citations

240 A.D.2d 512 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
657 N.Y.S.2d 781

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