Legal Opinion
People v. McKnight
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 24, 1995PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Donald J. Mark, J.
This was an application by the defendant who was charged with two counts of murder, second degree, intentional murder and depraved indifference murder, pursuant to People v Gonzalez (68 NY2d 424) and its progeny, for a "missing witness” charge, because of the prosecutor’s failure to produce at trial as his witness an accomplice of the defendant.
The People’s version of the incident resulting in these charges was that Antonio McKnight and the victim were continuously feuding over the same female, Karen McKinney; that several weeks before July 1, 1993,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- People v. LyonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
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