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People v. Liles

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 12, 1988
145 A.D.2d 509 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)

Opinion

December 12, 1988

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Broomer, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

On appeal, the defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying her request for production of the Grand Jury synopsis sheet or, at the very least, in refusing to conduct an in camera review of the synopsis to determine whether it constituted Rosario material (see, People v Rosario, 9 N.Y.2d 286, cert denied 368 U.S. 866) subject to disclosure. Although we agree that, at a minimum, the trial court should have independently inspected the Grand Jury synopsis sheet or conducted a voir dire of its author before ruling as to its discoverability, we have reviewed it and conclude that it did not constitute Rosario material insofar as the synopsis sheet was not an abbreviated summary of an interview with any of the People's witnesses (see, People v Adger, 144 A.D.2d 475; People v Williams, 128 A.D.2d 912, lv denied 69 N.Y.2d 1011; People v Davis, 87 A.D.2d 597). Accordingly, the trial court's error in failing to conduct an inspection or hold a voir dire was harmless.

We have considered the defendant's remaining contention and find it to be without merit. Mangano, J.P., Thompson, Brown and Kunzeman, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Liles

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 12, 1988
145 A.D.2d 509 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)
Case details for

People v. Liles

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HELEN LILES, Appellant

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

Date published: Dec 12, 1988

Citations

145 A.D.2d 509 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)

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