Legal Opinion
People v. Fields
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 21, 1985PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
Defendant Willie Fields was convicted after a nonjury trial of various crimes arising from the abduction of a woman and child from a shopping mall parking lot. The court subsequently vacated the convictions pursuant to CPL article 440 on the grounds of newly discovered evidence. The new evidence consisted of a written statement given by one Sylvester Bell to the police which exonerated Willie Fields and implicated another man in the crimes.
The People contend that there was insufficient evidence to support…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. SettlesNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
3Cited by9 opinions
- Morales v. PortuondoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2001
- People v. JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- People v. BeachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- People v. ColeNew York Supreme Court · 2003
- The People v. Victor SotoNew York Court of Appeals · 2015
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