Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Fred Smith, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1992-10-01
Citations: 186 A.D.2d 368
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Fred Smith, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 186
Pages: 368–369

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Fred Smith, Appellant.

Opinion:
— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Clifford A. Scott, J.), rendered January 29, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of IVi to 15 years, unanimously reversed, on the law and on the facts, the judgment vacated, and the matter remanded for a new trial, and since the People concede a Rosario error, the trial court is directed to fashion an appropriate sanction.
For the reasons stated in the codefendant's appeal (People v Boyne, 174 AD2d 103), the court erred in denying the request for an adverse inference instruction as to a missing 911 tape, and in giving supplemental instructions without providing defense counsel an opportunity to be heard. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Carro, Asch and Rubin, JJ.