Former state Court of Appeals Judge Susan Phillips Read and Nassau County Supreme Court Justice William Donnino have been named co-chairs of a panel that will compile a guide to evidence law in New York state.

Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said Monday that unlike most states, New York does not have a consolidated source of the law of evidence. She said the new advisory committee on evidence will be charged with developing a user-friendly guide that will include references to the sources of authority for the evidentiary rules. The guide will be updated annually, she said.

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