Legal Opinion

People v. Yearwood

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 7, 1995Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Elbert Hinkson, J.), rendered March 21, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the first *246degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 7 to 21 years and 5 to 15 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Since the record supports the hearing court’s conclusion that the People met their burden of going forward to establish the reasonableness of the police conduct and the lack of any undue suggestiveness in the pretrial identification procedures, and defendant failed to meet his ultimate…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. GrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  4. People v. ChippNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
  5. People v. WheatleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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