Legal Opinion

People v. Collins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 5, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Fisch, J.), entered on or about May 30, 1997, granting defendant’s motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to set aside a judgment, same court and Justice, rendered February 6, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of sodomy in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 9 to 18 years, unanimously affirmed.

While we agree with the People that they had no affirmative duty to ascertain whether the complainant in the underlying case had a psychiatric history and that they thus committed no…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. RensingNew York Court of Appeals · 1964
  2. People v. BryceNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
  3. People v. SealeyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  4. People v. CollinsNew York Supreme Court · 1997

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Johnson v. SackettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  2. Johnson v. SackettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  3. People v. HargroveAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018
  4. People v. VelasquezCriminal Court of the City of New York · 2015

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