PEOPLE v. WRIGHT


21 N.Y.2d 1011 (1968)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ronald Wright and John Cicatelli, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 18, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon B. Polsky and Anthony F. Marra for appellants.

Isidore Dollinger, District Attorney (Peter R. De Filippi and Daniel J. Sullivan of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING, BREITEL and JASEN.


Judgments reversed and a new trial ordered in the following memorandum: It was error, as the Appellate Division decision states, to allow proof by the victim of selection by him of two photographs from a number of photographs from police files (People v. Cioffi, 1 N.Y.2d 70) and proof by a detective that complainant had made these selections (People v. Caserta, 19 N.Y.2d 18; People v...

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