People v. Brown
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Birns, J. P.
We would affirm the convictions of defendant for murder (two counts), robbery in the first degree and possession of a weapon as a felony.
The evidence to support the convictions was overwhelming and this conclusion is accepted by the dissent. We are divided over the issue whether defendant had a fair trial.
Subjectively, opinions may vary on the issue whether a trial was fair, but admeasurement of this trial by an objective standard would not warrant a conclusion of unfairness (People v Alicea, 37 NY2d 601; People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230).
In our opinion the…
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