PEOPLE v. ALLWEISS


48 N.Y.2d 40 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. David Allweiss, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freda S. Nisnewitz for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Robert M. Pitler and Allen Alpert of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.


WACHTLER, J.

The defendant was convicted at a jury trial of murdering a woman in her Manhattan apartment. The Appellate Division affirmed the conviction, with one Justice dissenting.

On this appeal the defendant primarily claims that the trial court erred in admitting certain evidence used to identify him as the killer. His main point, and the only one to produce disagreement at the Appellate Division...

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