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PEOPLE v. DENNIS

37 N.Y.2d 934 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Richard Lloyd Dennis, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Boyle for appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Joel M. Goldberg of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur in a memorandum.

MEMORANDUM.

There should be an affirmance.

The direct identification provided by the witness Abraham, along with the linking of both the murder weapon and the killer's eye-catching headgear to the defendant by a number of other witnesses, some of whom had known him previously, formed a more than sufficient basis for the jury to have resolved any doubt that he was the killer. Nor was it necessary, on the facts here...

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