MATTER OF KELVIN D.


40 N.Y.2d 895 (1976)

In the Matter of Kelvin D., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Gage, Russell I. Lynn, William E. Hellerstein and Charles Schinitsky for appellant.

W. Bernard Richland, Corporation Counsel (Bernard Abel and L. Kevin Sheridan of counsel), for respondent.

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


MEMORANDUM.

In our view, the trial court erred in refusing to provide defense counsel with copies of the sought-after police documents. The interview summaries were drawn directly from prior statements of prosecution witnesses to the initial officers on the scene. The police report and arrest forms were, in turn, based upon information derived from the earlier statements. The defendant was entitled to the use of these prior...

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