Forest v. State

Order, Court of Claims (Adolph C. Orlando, J.), entered January 15, 1988, which denied the motion of claimant, Mr. Allen Forest, for partial summary judgment on liability, and dismissed the claim, is unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In a 12-count indictment (1509/1973), a Bronx Grand Jury charged Mr. Allen, Forest (defendant) with the robberies of Ms. Gloria McCoy and Ms. Sally McCloskey on February 1, 1973, and of Ms. Margaret Knox on February 27, 1973.

Before trial, defendant moved to suppress the identifications, and for severance and separate trials of the counts of the indictment…