PEOPLE v. JACKSON


70 N.Y.2d 884 (1987)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Anthony Jackson, Also Known as Tony Williams, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan H. Salomon and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Mary Agnes Lynch and Norman Barclay of counsel), for respondent.

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


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

In this single eyewitness identification case, defendant appeals his conviction, after a jury trial, of first degree robbery (Penal Law § 160.15 [4]) and third degree grand larceny (Penal Law former § 155.30 [5]), claiming he was denied a fair trial, in that the People were permitted, over objection, to refer to defendant during their opening...

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