People v. Rosario

In People v. Rosario, 9 N.Y.2d 286, cert. denied, 368 U.S. 866 (1961) the New York Court of Appeals held that a "right sense of justice" requires that the prosecution provide to the defense any prior written or recorded statement, made by a person whom the prosecution intends to call as a witness and which relates to the subject matter of the witness' testimony, which statement was made to or at the behest of law enforcement or which is in their possession or control. This was an adoption of the existing federal model into New York criminal practice at that time.