Legal Opinion
People v. Bowen
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 21, 1978PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Birns, J.
The defendant was convicted by a jury of attempted rape in the first degree and sentenced to a term of 5 to 15 years. On this appeal, we are confronted by two claims of the defendant. As outlined in the dissenting opinion, they are: First, that the defendant’s constitutional rights were violated when he was cross-examined concerning his failure, at the time of his arrest, to give the police the exculpatory account to which he testified at trial. Second, that the defendant’s right to a fair trial was gravely impaired when he was cross-examined concerning the events…
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