Legal Opinion

People v. Balls

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 16, 1986PublishedCited by 303 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*642OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

The defendant has been convicted of criminally negligent homicide for causing the death of his seven-week-old daughter. On this appeal he contends that the prosecutor made prejudicial remarks during his summation. Specifically, the defendant urges the prosecutor improperly commented on the defendant’s silence prior to his arrest, improperly bolstered the credibility of his expert by introducing evidence that the defendant’s attorney had also retained the expert in other cases, vouched for the credibility of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. NuccieNew York Court of Appeals · 1982

3Cited by303 opinions

  1. People v. D'AlessandroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  2. People v. VelascoNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
  3. People v. McHarrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  4. Darnell Deberry v. Leonard A. PortuondoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
  5. People v. BierenbaumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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