People v. Nieves
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Carro, J.
Defendant Nieves and codefendant Quiles stood trial for the murder of Nieves’ long-time friend, Robert Smith, in a most perplexing and disturbing case in which one State witness testified that defendant was not present during the fatal shooting; another witness, who had implicated defendant in the shooting in her Grand Jury testimony, recanted prior to trial and could not later be located to testify; and the one trial witness to connect defendant to the shooting, the victim’s sister, implicated the defendant only after being confronted with her prior Grand Jury…
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