People v. Thompson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*59OPINION OF THE COURT
Miller, J.
Because we conclude that the defendant was deprived of his constitutional right to present a defense when the Supreme Court precluded him from offering evidence that the victim in this case, throughout the course of the one-year period following the crime, repeatedly and consistently identified another individual as the perpetrator, we reverse.
The victim in this case, an 81-year-old woman, was repeatedly struck over the head with a telephone by an intruder who entered her home on the night of July 24, 2006. Although the victim identified a man who lived down the…
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