HOPSON v. PINCKNEY


77 Misc.2d 391 (1974)

Jerlean Hopson, as Administratrix of The Estate of Robert A. Hopson, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Elick Pinckney et al., Individually and Doing Business as Pinckney's Inn, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Suffolk County.

March 11, 1974


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Power Maloney, Jr., for plaintiff. Henry Wenzell, III, District Attorney, for the People. William J. Steinbrecher for Elick Pinckney and another, defendants.


LEON D. LAZER, J.

In this wrongful death action plaintiff moves for an order to examine the files of the Suffolk County District Attorney relating to the indictment of the defendant, Otis Pinckney, for the homicide which now constitutes the basis of the civil suit. After the defendant was indicted for the crime, which took place in a bar and grill, he pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter. At an examination before trial in this action, he denied...

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