People v. Carter

Chief Judge Fuid.

In the summer of 1968, in the City of Utica, a supermarket and a gas station were held up at gunpoint, within four days of each other. Charged with these robberies, the defendant was identified at trial by several super*282market employees and customers and by the gas station attendant. Sunglasses, a green pair of pants, a white tee shirt and a trench coat, similar to those worn by the robber—which had been taken by the police from the defendant’s home—were received in evidence. The jury found the defendant guilty, and the Appellate Division affirmed. On appeal, he seeks a…