PEOPLE v. GEATHERS


172 A.D.2d 134 (1991)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nathaniel Geathers, Appellant

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

December 19, 1991


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Charles Helman of counsel (Mark Dwyer with him on the brief; Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, attorney), for respondent.

Paul Lewis of counsel (Philip L. Weinstein, attorney), for appellant.

ROSENBERGER, J. P., ELLERIN and RUBIN, JJ., concur.


GEORGE BUNDY SMITH, J.

The issue here is the action to be taken by a court when an undercover officer has made notes of a drug transaction and has destroyed those notes prior to trial. On the facts of this case, the notes were Rosario material which the People were required to produce pursuant to CPL 240.45. Because of their failure to produce them, some sanction was warranted. Accordingly, we reverse...

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