PEOPLE v. THOMPSON


69 N.Y.2d 661 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Russell Thompson, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Williams and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Elisa F. Spatola and Peter D. Coddington of counsel), for respondent.

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


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant argues that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because his trial attorney failed to interview and to call to the stand an exculpatory eyewitness who had told the police that she was "eighty percent sure" of her identification of the robbers, but had identified from a photo array two other men as the perpetrators. At a CPL 440...

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