People v. Sampson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Donald J. Mark, J.

*741The defendant was charged with three counts of murder in the second degree and one count of burglary in the second degree, as the result of an incident in which a male suspect unlawfully entered a grocery store and killed the female clerk. The entire incident was videotaped by a surveillance camera in the store, and a photograph depicting the image of the perpetrator was displayed on the local television channels and in the local newspaper. Four individuals contacted the police to identify the defendant as the suspect whose photograph appeared in the…