The People v. Thomas P. Perdue

State of New York OPINION Court of Appeals This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports. No. 28 The People &c., Respondent, v. Thomas P. Perdue, Appellant. Carolyn Walther, for appellant. Martin P. McCarthy, for respondent. SINGAS, J.: “The importance of identification evidence is, of course, self-evident” (People v Riley,

70 NY2d 523, 530

[1987]). In every trial, the People bear the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is the person who committed the charged -1- -2- No. 28 crime. But because identification evidence may…