[DOWNLOAD] "People State New York v. Donald Monaco" by Supreme Court of New York # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People State New York v. Donald Monaco
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 04, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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Appeal by defendant, from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Agresta, J.), rendered April 7, 1981, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. Although Criminal Term erred in refusing to hold a Wade hearing, a review of the trial record demonstrates that the defendant was not identified by the complaining witness as a result of any procedures employed by the police. Rather, the complaining witness, who was a credible witness, testified that two days after the crime he saw the defendant on the street and had his wife call the police. They came about 10 minutes later and arrested the defendant. Concerning proof of guilt, we note that although the complaining witness only had a brief observation of the defendants face under poor lighting conditions, he was nevertheless able to give the police a fairly accurate description of the defendant and to recognize him on the street two nights after the crime. As the Court of Appeals said in People v Seppi (221 NY 62, 68): "Where a witness positively identifies a defendant as the man who committed a crime, the weight of the evidence of identification is for the jury unless it is [93 A.D.2d 823 Page 824]