Legal Opinion
People v. Burns
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 14, 2006PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
Defendant took part in a shootout in which he was wounded and the victim killed. Before implicating himself and two associates in the killing, he gave several different accounts of what had happened, including the claim that both he and the victim had been shot by a gang of Hispanic men.
At trial, the People disclosed a signed statement given to police by a declarant whose last-known address the People supplied. Declarant placed five armed Hispanic men a few New York City blocks away from the scene of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Delaware v. FenstererSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- People v. RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- People v. CorbyNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
- People v. GeogheganNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
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