PEOPLE v. ARROYO


54 N.Y.2d 567 (1982)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Pedro Arroyo, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheri Lynn Johnson and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Robin R. Dolsky, Alan D. Marrus and Timothy J. McGinn of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES and MEYER concur; Judges GABRIELLI and WACHTLER concur in result only.


FUCHSBERG, J.

In the main, we are asked to say whether the admission at trial of an unavailable witness' preliminary hearing testimony constituted an unconstitutional application of CPL 670.10 in violation of the right of confrontation. We find it did not.

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