Legal Opinion
People v. Ayala
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 13, 1990PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*425OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
Defendant was convicted of murdering one James McKinley and attempting a criminal assault against one Thomas Barrett. The charges arose as a result of defendant’s participation in a violent melee, which grew out of an earlier confrontation between defendant and the two victims. The present appeal requires us to consider whether the Wade hearing testimony of an eyewitness who has since become unavailable is admissible at trial under the statutory exception to the rule against hearsay that is contained in CPL 670.10. A further problem is presented because of the…
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