Legal Opinion

People v. Jackson

New York Court of Appeals

Decided February 24, 1981PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division. In light of appellant’s emphasis on his trial attorney’s introduction of evidence relating to a photograph array in which defendant’s picture was not included and the Appellate Division’s notation of, but failure to comment upon, that fact, we add that in the dilemma trial counsel faced, defendant’s alibi defense being tainted by the fact that one of his alibi witnesses had originally accused defendant of committing the crime, counsel’s…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. AikenNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  2. People v. BellNew York Court of Appeals · 1979

3Cited by50 opinions

  1. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. HenryNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
  3. Dwayne Henry v. Thomas Poole, Superintendent Five Points Correctional Facility and Eliot L. Spitzer, Attorney General of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
  4. Levine v. MansonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
  5. People v. MorrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984

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