PEOPLE v. THOMPSON


15 A.D.2d 678 (1962)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Thomas Thompson, Appellant

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

January 29, 1962


Judgment reversed on the law and the facts, and a new trial ordered.

When faced by a contradiction between the testimony of the People's fingerprint experts and the testimony of the defendant's fingerprint expert, as to whether a "latent" fingerprint discovered in the allegedly burglarized premises was, in fact, an impression made by the third finger of defendant's right hand, the court obtained the consent of the parties, including that of the defendant himself,...

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