Legal Opinion
People v. Jones
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 31, 1991PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Beldock, J.), rendered April 19, 1988, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the court erred in misclassifying, for procedural purposes, a statement made by him to the police as inculpatory rather than exculpatory, and that therefore, by instructing, the jury that the People have the burden of proving the voluntariness of his statement beyond a reasonable doubt, the court improperly shifted the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. AshwalNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. SanchezNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. SykesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. SaylorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- People v. SeabrookAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993