PEOPLE v. THOMAS


68 N.Y.2d 194 (1986)

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

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew C. Fine, Charles L. Finke and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Ann M. Donnelly and Norman Barclay of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges MEYER, SIMONS, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur.


KAYE, J.

Statements contained in a plea allocution of a codefendant may, in limited circumstances, be received in evidence as a declaration against penal interest to establish an element of the crime charged against defendant.

After two chain-snatching incidents on 44th Street near Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, defendant and his codefendant (James Rucker) were indicted for robbery and attempted robbery...

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