Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
County Court erred in permitting a codefendant to testify during the prosecutor's direct case regarding the contents of a letter that was not produced. The admission of that testimony violates the "best evidence rule", which "requires that one who desires to prove the contents of a writing, do so by producing the writing itself unless sufficient reason is shown for its absence" (People v Colon, 281 App Div...
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