Legal Opinion
People v. Zayas
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 4, 1978PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*595OPINION OF THE COURT
Fein, J.
Appellant was convicted after a jury trial of sodomy in the first degree and aggravated harassment.
The human condition is such that no person can be guaranteed a perfect trial. However, the Constitution mandates that every defendant be given a fair trial. Defendant asserts that he was denied a fair trial because of counsel’s failure to call as witnesses on his behalf three persons whose testimony would have placed him at a location far from the scene of the crime at the time it was allegedly committed. An analysis of the trial testimony is required to test this…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. DrozNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. GruttolaNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- People v. DaltonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. SteepsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- People v. O'BrienAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
3Cited by7 opinions
- David Barnes v. Everett W. Jones, Superintendent Great Meadow Correctional Facility and the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- People v. AfrickAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- People v. AlvarezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- People v. BooneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
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