PEOPLE v. LE GRAND


67 A.D.2d 446 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Navatro Le Grand, Respondent; Lee Hays, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

April 16, 1979


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark Wulf Levine & Peratis (Melvin L. Wulf of counsel), for appellant.

Joel S. Ezra for respondent.

Henry R. Kaufman for Association of American Publishers, Inc., amicus curiae.

Irwin Karp for Authors League of America, Inc., amicus curiae.

O'CONNOR, MARTUSCELLO and MANGANO, JJ., concur.


TITONE, J. P.

The issue presented on appeal is whether under the circumstances, the appellant, who is an author, was justified in refusing to divulge his notes of an interview with a probable prosecution witness where the defense subpoenaed those notes for possible use for impeachment purposes.

THE FACTS

Appellant, Lee Hays, has written and published approximately 30 books, fiction and nonfiction...

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