Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Barrington Lindo, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1985-07-08
Citations: 112 A.D.2d 249
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Barrington Lindo, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 112
Pages: 249–249

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Barrington Lindo, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Farlo, J.), rendered January 14, 1984, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
Defendant seeks reversal of his conviction for robbery in the first degree on the ground that the People improperly failed to make available the arresting officer's memo book. The trial record clearly establishes that defendant sought to discover the officer's written notes of complainant's original description of defendant. Once it was shown that the complainant's original description was not contained in the memo book, but was contained in a scratch complaint report, and the defense received the complaint report, which did contain the subject description, the request was abandoned by defense counsel. In fact, the memo book contained no statements by the complainant. Although generally an officer's memo book is discoverable, under these circumstances the People's failure to produce the arresting officer's memo book at the trial does not constitute error (see, CPL 240.45; People v Consolazio, 40 NY2d 446, cert denied 433 US 914; People v Payne, 52 NY2d 743; cf. People v Perez, 65 NY2d 154). Mollen, P. J., Bracken, Niehoff and Rubin, JJ., concur.