PEOPLE v. BESSARD


148 A.D.2d 49 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Michael Bessard, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

July 13, 1989


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Gruner (Denise Y. Dourdeville of counsel), for appellant.

Michael Kavanagh, District Attorney (John Prizzia of counsel), for respondent.

MAHONEY, P. J., KANE, WEISS and HARVEY, JJ., concur.


LEVINE, J.

Defendant was convicted of murdering Charles Lindsay during the evening of July 4, 1987 by shooting him twice with a shotgun. The principal evidence against defendant was the testimony of Ronald Newton and forensic evidence establishing that the spent shotgun shell found by the victim's body was fired by a gun bearing defendant's fingerprint seized at his apartment. Newton testified that in the late...

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