PEOPLE v. BAXLEY


84 N.Y.2d 208 (1994)

639 N.E.2d 746

616 N.Y.S.2d 7

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jeffrey Baxley, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold V. Ferguson, Jr., New York City, and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney of Queens County, Kew Gardens (Gary Fidel and Steven J. Chananie of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH and CIPARICK concur.


LEVINE, J.

On July 15, 1985, during the course of a robbery of a food concession stand at Rockaway Playland, Queens, Regina Carter, an employee, was killed by a single shot from a 12-gauge shotgun. Some six months later, defendant was arrested for the murder/robbery. The arrest was based upon the written statements of four police informants, friends or acquaintances of defendant, regarding conversations in which...

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