State v. Dabas, A-109 September Term 2011; Supreme Court; opinion by Albin, J.; decided and approved for publication July 30, 2013. On certification to the Appellate Division. [Sat below: Judges Lihotz and Waugh in the Appellate Division; Judge Nieves in the Law Division.] DDS No. 14-1-0834 [42 pp.]
The issue in this appeal is whether the prosecutor's office violated an established discovery rule when its investigator destroyed his notes of a two-hour pre-interview of defendant and, if there was a violation, whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the defense an adverse-inference charge.
