PEOPLE v. KNIGHT


80 N.Y.2d 845 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Reginald Knight, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Statsinger and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney (Amy S. Griffin and Jay M. Cohen of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, TITONE and BELLACOSA concur; Judge HANCOCK, JR., concurs in result in an opinion.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Having been charged with participating in a gunpoint robbery, defendant claimed that he had been mistakenly identified and presented an alibi defense at trial. During the prosecutor's cross-examination, two of defendant's alibi witnesses stated that they had told the police their stories when the police came to their home to arrest him. The People...

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