The following excerpt is from People v. Maldonado, 2012 NY Slip Op 51762 (N.Y. 2012):
have been able to further investigate the relationship between the defendant and his wife and his father-in-law; he would have been able to further investigate the alleged victim and her conflicting statements to different people, or whether she in fact made any incriminating statements about her father; he would have been able to conduct voir dire differently, he would have used the information in his opening statement and to frame a defense, among other things. Defense counsel would have had additional information with which to examine the Defendant's wife. See United States v. Bagley, supra.
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