Legal Opinion
People v. Barrett
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 23, 1998PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Mastro, J.), rendered November 6, 1995, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (two counts) and burglary in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
“[W]here a defendant’s trial testimony offers one version of the events in question, and his prior remark to a police officer suggests a contrary view of those events, the jury is entitled to hear the previous statement so that it may fully assess the witness’ credibility” (People v Wise, 46 NY2d 321,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. BaskervilleNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. WiseNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. LopezNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- People v. WashingtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
3Cited by7 opinions
- People v. MitchellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- People v. SandelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- People v. MotayneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- People v. HinesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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