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PEOPLE v. POOLE

48 N.Y.2d 144 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Leroy Poole, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 18, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asher H. Miller and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Gary Centola, Jerrold L. Neugarten and Bruce Allen of counsel), for respondent.

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

JASEN, J.

The issue on this appeal is whether a defendant in a criminal case, after a witness has testified against him, has the unqualified right to inspect the prosecutor's file in order to determine whether relevant pretrial statements of the prosecution witness are being improperly withheld by the prosecutor from the defense.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. Defendant Poole was

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