U.S. v. SABATER

No. 1227, Docket 87-1010.

830 F.2d 7 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Elizabeth SABATER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Emmett Heaphy, New York City, for appellant.

Mark C. Hansen, New York City (Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., Bruce A. Green, Asst. U.S. Atty., of counsel), for appellee.

Before OAKES, MESKILL and PRATT, Circuit Judges.


OAKES, Circuit Judge:

In pseudo-Perry Mason style, defense counsel substitutes a look-alike sister for the female co-defendant at the counsel table during the noon recess; the sister puts on the defendant's blazer and the defendant sits in the back of the courtroom. The witness, a police officer who that morning made a critical in-court identification on direct examination, is then led to say on cross-examination that he sees the same people in the courtroom. Asked...

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