PEOPLE v. KENNEDY


68 N.Y.2d 569 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Michael Kennedy, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Goldstock, Deputy Attorney-General (Martin Marcus of counsel), for appellant.

Ralph S. Joseph for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges MEYER, SIMONS, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur.


KAYE, J.

This appeal presents a novel application of the business records exception to the hearsay rule (CPLR 4518): two miniature pocket diaries, identified by the People's retained expert as the master records of a loanshark kept in the regular course of his business, were received in evidence in a prosecution against defendant to establish that he was the loanshark's silent partner. We agree with the Appellate...

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