STATE v. HARRISON


118 N.J. Super. 299 (1972)

287 A.2d 229

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. GEORGE R. HARRISON AND EDWARD R. MAYS, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided February 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Martin Kayne for the plaintiff (Mr. Joseph F. Gourley, Passaic County Prosecutor, attorney).

Mr. Herbert S. Alterman and Mr. Harvey R. Browne for defendants.


JOELSON, J.S.C.

Defendants, who are under indictment for murder, have moved by way of pretrial discovery to inspect and copy all police reports "pertaining to this matter." The State has resisted the application, contending that police records are immune from discovery.

R. 3:13-3(e) provides as follows:

Except as heretofore specifically provided, this rule does not authorize discovery by a party of reports, memoranda or internal documents made...

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