PEOPLE v. RUSSELL


79 N.Y.2d 1024 (1992)

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

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Petito for appellant.

William V. Grady, District Attorney (Bridget Rahilly Steller of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., BELLACOSA and YESAWICH, JR., concur; Judge SIMONS taking no part.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

The trial court did not abuse its discretion or otherwise err as a matter of law in allowing four lay witnesses — defendant's roommate, his roommate's mother, his landlord, and a friend — who did not witness the bank robbery, to identify the defendant as the person depicted as the robber in two bank surveillance photographs (see...

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