PEOPLE v. JENKINS


88 N.Y.2d 948 (1996)

670 N.E.2d 441

647 N.Y.S.2d 157

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Bobby Jenkins, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 2, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zeb Landsman, New York City, and Daniel L. Greenberg for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn (Bruce D. Austern and Roseann B. MacKechnie of counsel), for respondent.

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


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant was convicted of robbery in the first degree following a jury trial. During trial, the prosecutor sought to cross-examine defendant's alibi witness as to the fact that he knew the defendant, his nephew, had been in jail since the date of arrest, had information that would tend to exculpate the defendant, and had failed to come forward with...

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