PEOPLE v. OAKLEY


28 N.Y.2d 309 (1971)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert Walter Oakley, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham Werfel for appellant.

Thomas J. Mackell, District Attorney (Kenneth Ross Wolfe of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, JASEN and GIBSON concur.


BREITEL, J.

A noteworthy issue raised on this criminal appeal is whether an indictment is rendered infirm because the testimony before the Grand Jury rested on a suggestive identification of the defendant exhibited alone. Because the evidence of identification was competent prima facie, but was held to be suggestive only upon a subsequent pretrial hearing, there was no insufficiency of evidence before the Grand...

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