Legal Opinion
Nappi v. Yelich
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 15, 2015No. 14-2201PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS JACOBS, Circuit Judge:
Donato Nappi was convicted, after a jury trial in New York’s Herkimer County Court, of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree. At the time of his arrest, Nappi was on parole after having served a long sentence for a prior, unrelated crime. His wife, Janice Nappi, reported Nappi’s gun possession to his parole officer and was the key witness against him at trial.
Nappi was tried twice for the crime at issue on this appeal. At his first trial, which ended in a hung jury, Nappi cross-examined his wife about her motive for reporting him and testifying…
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