PEOPLE v. SEGAL


54 N.Y.2d 58 (1981)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Segal, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herald Price Fahringer, Barbara Davies Eberl and Julia Pamela Heit for appellant.

Edward J. Kuriansky, Deputy Attorney-General for Medicaid Fraud Control (Richard D. Carruthers and Arthur G. Weinstein of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.


WACHTLER, J.

The defendant, convicted of perjury, appeals from an order of the Appellate Division affirming his conviction. His primary contention is that his constitutional rights were violated when the trial court excluded testimony of the defendant's experts, concerning an alleged mental defect impairing his memory, after the defendant refused to submit to examination by the People's expert.

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