Court Opinion

ID: 9730824
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 15:25:31.150173+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:09.711743
License: Public Domain

Cynar, J.
(concurring). I am in accord with my colleagues’ decision to reverse and remand this cause for the reasons indicated. However, I feel compelled to further comment on the failure to disclose prior statements in violation of the discovery order.
The people, under the discovery order, had a continuing duty to disclose the statements in question. Not only was there a failure to comply with the discovery order, but there was a failure to inform or to offer an explanation to the trial court, in the absence of the jury, for such noncompliance before proceeding with the cross-examination of the defendant concerning the statements in question. Had this been done before the learned and experienced trial judge, the trial record might have been further developed, as well as better protected, and possibly a retrial of the matter could have been avoided.