A judge presiding over a sensational Sullivan County murder case has rebuffed the district attorney for the second time in a month for providing the defense with limited access to the statements of crucial witnesses.

Judge Frank LaBuda in Sullivan County Court, in a broad interpretation of People v. Rosario, 9 NY2d 286 (1961), said he "chooses to make no error, harmless or otherwise" and directed Sullivan County District Attorney James Farrell to reveal at a pretrial hearing the entire transcript of an investigator's grand jury testimony.

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