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PEOPLE v. INNISS

83 N.Y.2d 653 (1994)

634 N.E.2d 961

612 N.Y.S.2d 360

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Kenneth Inniss, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 10, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven N. Feinman, White Plains, for appellant.

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

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA and CIPARICK concur with Judge LEVINE; Judge SMITH dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion.

LEVINE, J.

Defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree arising out of the assassination-like killing of Brian Rich, a reputed major drug dealer, on Sutphin Boulevard, Queens County, on the evening of Sunday, August 3, 1986. The only eyewitness who testified at the trial was Richard Saunders, whose evidence was given pursuant to a cooperation...

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