PEOPLE v. DECKER


13 N.Y.3d 12 (2009)

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WAYNE DECKER, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Ronald L. Kuby, New York City (Ronald L. Kuby of counsel), for appellant.

Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., District Attorney, Staten Island (Anne Grady and Morrie I. Kleinbart of counsel), for respondent.

Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge LIPPMAN.

On December 3, 1987, the body of Victoria Mason was found in her apartment. She had been beaten to death with a baseball bat. Defendant Wayne Decker was the only suspect. Although he was questioned by police at the time, the police found the evidence against him to be of doubtful quality and decided not to prosecute.

The case was reopened 15 years later, in 2002, when the police attempted to get physical...

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