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DEFENDANT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DENIED ACCESS TO COMPLAINANT’S MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PREVENTED FROM CROSS-EXAMINING COMPLAINANT ABOUT HER MENTAL HEALTH; CONVICTION REVERSED AND NEW TRIAL ORDERED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing defendant’s conviction in this sex offense trial, determined defendant should not have been denied access to the complainant’s mental  health records and should not been prevented from cross-examining the complainant about her mental health:

… County Court erred in denying the defendant any access to the complainant’s mental health records … . Further, while the scope of cross-examination generally rests within the trial court’s discretion … , here, the court improvidently exercised its discretion in sustaining the People’s objections to the cross-examination of the complainant with respect to her mental health, particularly since the People’s case primarily rested upon the complainant’s eyewitness testimony … . Moreover, these errors cannot be deemed harmless since the evidence of the defendant’s guilt, without reference to the errors, was not overwhelming, and it cannot be said that there is no reasonable possibility that the jury would have acquitted the defendant had it not been for the errors … . People v Nagle, 2024 NY Slip Op 00329, Second Dept 1-24-24

Practice Point: Defendant’s conviction rested on the testimony of the complainant in this sex offense trial. Defendant should not have been denied access to complainant’s mental health records and should not have been prevented from cross-examining complainant about her mental health. New trial ordered.

 

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