PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS


3 A.D.2d 967 (1957)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edward Williams and Robert Cawthorn, Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

May 1, 1957


Judgments of conviction reversed on the facts and a new trial granted.

Memorandum:

The identification of defendants as participants in the crime depended wholly on the testimony of the person allegedly robbed. Complainant's description of his assailants at trial was in many ways inconsistent with defendants' actual physical stature and appearance. Furthermore, the People's case is not strengthened by the method of identifying the defendants upon arrest, a...

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