PEOPLE v. KNOWELL


94 A.D.2d 255 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jerry Knowell, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

June 27, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Waldman for appellant.

Denis Dillon, District Attorney (Samuel E. Rieff and Judith R. Sternberg of counsel), for respondent.

DAMIANI, J. P., TITONE and LAZER, JJ., concur.


BOYERS, J.

On the evening of February 1, 1980, Beatrice Walker was found prone behind some bushes in the schoolyard of the Holy Redeemer Church in Freeport, New York. She was nude, had been beaten about the face, was bleeding from the mouth, and died some six days later as a result of cerebral hemorrhage and contusions, and fractures of the ribs.

The paramount issue at trial was the identification of...

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