People v. Oliviery-Perez
Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant, by permission, from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Greenberg, J.), dated October 19, 1995 (entered in both actions), which denied, without a hearing, his motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate two judgments of the same court, both rendered March 5, 1991, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (one count as to each indictment), upon jury verdicts, and imposing sentences.
Ordered that the order is affirmed.
The defendant contends that his convictions should be vacated because the People failed to provide him with certain notes of a police witness, Detective Freddy Wheeler, during the pretrial suppression hearing.
We disagree with the trial court’s conclusion that there is “no justification” for defendant’s failure to raise this issue on direct appeal. Although it appears from the record of the pretrial hearing that those notes were, in fact, shown to the defendant’s counsel, the defendant contends that he never received the notes in question and therefore he is entitled to review pursuant to CPL 440.10 (see, People v Dixon, 165 AD2d 832).
During the pretrial hearing, the defendant’s attorney noted during the cross-examination of Detective Wheeler by the codefendant’s attorney that she had “not received a copy of every note that this witness made”. Thereafter, during her cross-examination of Detective Wheeler, she again demanded to see all notes and paper work, and was handed Detective Wheeler’s file for her examination in open court.
Where it is unclear from the record whether Rosario material was, in fact, disclosed to the defense, the proper course may be a hearing pursuant to CPL 440.10 (see, People v Dawson, 157 AD2d 606). However, we conclude that in this case, no hearing is required. The defendant’s motion pursuant to CPL
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