New York Court of Appeals December 27, 1973 (People v. Cerami)

Breitel, J.

Defendant Michael Cerami appeals from an Appellate Division order affirming his conviction for first degree manslaughter. The principal issue is whether the conviction should be set aside because pretrial psychiatric examinations of the defendant by the expert for the prosecution, with respect to his defense of insanity, were conducted without notice to or presence of defendant’s