Legal Opinion

People v. Cato

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

Decided March 1, 2004PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Collini, J.), rendered October 15, 2002, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme Court properly denied his application to review the personnel files of a police officer witness since he failed to present “some factual predicate” supporting such disclosure (People v Gissendanner, 48 NY2d 543, 550 [1979]; see People v Andino, 291 AD2d 242…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. People v. GissendannerNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. People v. ValentineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  4. People v. AliAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  5. People v. BarnesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. People v. FranciscoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  2. People v. ClarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  3. People v. ThomasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  4. People v. HernandezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  5. People v. NahshalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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