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ALTHOUGH DEFENDANT DID NOT GIVE TIMELY NOTICE OF ALIBI EVIDENCE, COUNTY COURT DEPRIVED DEFENDANT OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRESENT A DEFENSE BY PRECLUDING THE ALIBI EVIDENCE; THE UNPRESERVED ERROR WAS CONSIDERED IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing the grand larceny conviction in the interest of justice, determined defendant’s late request to present alibi evidence should have been granted:

County Court abused its discretion by precluding defendant from introducing testimony from defendant’s father at trial. …  The court rested its entire conclusion on the failure to comply with the Criminal Procedure Law and that good cause was not shown, despite the fact that defendant was not given an opportunity to respond to the People’s informal motion to preclude the alibi testimony. Notably, the court did not make any findings that defendant had an improper purpose in providing the late notice nor did it weigh the possibility of prejudice to the People against the right of defendant to present a defense … . Instead, the court, without hearing from defendant, implemented the most “drastic sanction” without considering any lesser sanctions that may have protected the People from potential prejudice … . In making the appropriate inquiry, alibi testimony would have been important to defendant’s defense given that much of the People’s argument was based on accomplice testimony and that the People would not have been prejudiced as they were already aware of the father’s statement. “Therefore, we find that County Court violated defendant’s constitutional right to present a defense” … . People v Lukosavich, 2020 NY Slip Op 07953, Third Dept 12-24-20

 

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