PEOPLE v. CONTES


60 N.Y.2d 620 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Contes, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided September 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Hellerstein and Andrew C. Fine for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Michele A. Katz of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER and SIMONS concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant was convicted of three counts of robbery in the first degree. The case against him rested largely on the identification testimony of a witness to the crime. That witness had had five to six minutes at the crime scene to observe defendant in excellent lighting conditions at close range. Immediately after the crime, the witness gave a detailed description of the perpetrator to police...

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