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People v. Gonzalez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jul 6, 1995
217 A.D.2d 409 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)

Opinion

July 6, 1995

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bonnie Wittner, J.).


The omission of defendant's description in the arrest report does not support an inference that defendant did not match the description earlier given by the complainants, and thus the court properly precluded defense counsel from eliciting testimony in respect to such omission from the police officer who filled out the arrest report and from arguing such inference in summation.

Defendant's Rosario claim that the court should have given an adverse inference charge because of the People's failure to turn over a police officer's notes containing the complainants' description of defendant is unavailing since the existence of such notes is pure speculation ( People v. Damaceno, 214 A.D.2d 464).

We have reviewed defendant's other contentions and find them to be without merit.

Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Rosenberger, Ross, Asch and Tom, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Gonzalez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jul 6, 1995
217 A.D.2d 409 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
Case details for

People v. Gonzalez

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RAMON GONZALEZ…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jul 6, 1995

Citations

217 A.D.2d 409 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
629 N.Y.S.2d 234

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