Legal Opinion
People v. Scott
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 18, 2001PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bracken, P. J.
The People assert that the defendant, John Scott, was one of two masked men who robbed a grocery in Queens on March 21, 1996. Yet of the several persons who were present in the grocery at the time of the robbery, the People produced none who, at trial, identified the defendant as one of the robbers. There is no proof that the defendant ever admitted to having participated in the robbery, and there is no physical evidence linking him to that crime. The only evidence linking the defendant to the crime consists in the proof of a single extrajudicial…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- People v. CollinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- In re PeopleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- People v. McRaeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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