People v. Nival

On the afternoon of March 12, 1971, Mrs. Starsy Wesey was working in her store, the Great Neck Garden Center, when two men held her up. The robbers fled but were apprehended within a short time and brought back to the scene of the crime. There, in the presence of Detective Joseph Ohlhausen, Mrs. Wesey positively identified the appellant and his accomplice. Subsequent to this identification, appellant changed his appearance by cutting his extreme Afro hairdo.

At the trial held in December, 1971, Mrs. Wesey was unable to identify appellant as he appeared then. She did testify, however, to her…