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EXCULPATORY (BRADY) EVIDENCE IN THE COMPLAINANT’S MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS WAS REDACTED BY THE JUDGE; TWO INDICTMENT COUNTS WERE MULTIPLICITOUS; NEW TRIAL ORDERED IN THIS SEXUAL ABUSE CASE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing defendant’s sexual abuse convictions, determined the defendant was entitled to exculpatory (Brady) evidence in the complainant’s mental health records which was redacted by the judge. The Second Department noted that, upon retrial, two counts of sexual abuse related to a continuous incident were multiplicitous and one of the counts must be dismissed:

The complainant and the defendant each testified and presented sharply divergent accounts of the events that were alleged to have occurred during the summer of 2009. The record shows that a determination of credibility was key to the jury’s consideration of this case, as the jury acquitted the defendant of the charge of rape in the first degree but convicted him of the charges alleging sexual abuse in the first degree. Thus, the redacted portion of the complainant’s mental health records which contains the statement “[s]exual abuse denied” and the portion of the checklist reflecting that “[s]exual abuse (lifetime)” was not checked off could be viewed by the jury as exculpatory and materially relevant to the matter … . Since the jury had to weigh the credibility of the complainant and the defendant, this evidence, if disclosed, may have changed the result of the proceeding. Accordingly, the judgment must be reversed and the matter remitted for a new trial. People v Butler, 2020 NY Slip Op 03374, Second Dept 6-17-20

 

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