People v. Foster
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Murphy, P. J.
The defendant has been convicted of two counts of robbery in the first degree after a jury trial at which the central issue was the reliability of the complaining witnesses’ identification testimony.
The incident out of which the prosecution arises occurred on March 27, 1989. At that time, the complainants were accosted at gunpoint by two women and directed by them to turn over their jewelry, which they did. One week later, in an incident concerning which there is no record of any contemporaneous police report, the complainants claim to have encountered the…
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- People v. WhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
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