Legal Opinion
People v. Tai
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 1, 1989PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Leslie Crocker Snyder, J.
The defendant Ryan Tai stands indicted for the crimes of conspiracy in the second degree (conspiring to sell or possess a controlled substance in the first or second degree) and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree.
The People seek to introduce against the defendant statements allegedly made by a nontestifying coconspirator during the course of and in furtherance of the conspiracy. The defendant seeks to rebut such evidence by introducing negative character evidence of the nontestifying coconspirator. In addition, the People…
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