PEOPLE v. BURKE


72 N.Y.2d 833 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James Burke, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judd Burstein for appellant.

Elizabeth Holtzman, District Attorney (Anthea H. Bruffee, Barbara D. Underwood and Roseann B. Mackechnie 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.

On February 18, 1979, the body of Richard Eaton was found bound and gagged inside an abandoned trailer. More than four years later, defendant was indicted for Eaton's murder. At defendant's trial, the prosecution's primary witness was Henry Hill, who testified that his friend, defendant, had told him that he had murdered Eaton because Eaton had not...

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