Legal Opinion
People v. Adams
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 16, 1981PublishedCited by 378 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wachtler, J.
Defendant appeals from an order of the Appellate Division affirming his conviction for robbery. The novel issue on the appeal is whether testimony of a station house showup should have been excluded as a matter of State constitutional law. Defendant also contends that he was denied his right to present witnesses on his behalf when the prosecutor refused to grant immunity to one of the defendant’s prospective witnesses. The conviction should be affirmed.
At 4:30 on the afternoon of August 29, 1975, three men entered a Bronx stationery store owned by Sabet…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- People v. HobsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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