Legal Opinion
People v. Rosner
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 1, 1986PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Wachtler.
The defendant has been convicted of perjury for giving false testimony to a Grand Jury investigating a homicide. The Appellate Division affirmed and the defendant appeals. His primary contention is that the trial court erred "in permitting the prosecution to prove * * * perjury entirely by circumstantial evidence, where the alleged falsity of the defendant’s statements was capable of being proved by direct evidence”.
On August 24, 1982 the defendant complained to the police in Manhattan that Darren McNamara was harassing the defendant’s daughter by…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. LipskyNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. SabellaNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- People v. . DoodyNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- People v. BretagnaNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
- People v. GottfriedNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SilvaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- People v. EspositoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. LaunderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- People v. CoreyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. LambertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
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