Legal Opinion
People v. Whitehead
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 13, 1989PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Heller, J.), rendered January 2,1986, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion when it refused to grant the defendant’s application for a continuance to secure the presence of a witness. There was no showing that the potential testimony of the absent witness was material or relevant to any issue in the trial (see, Matter of Anthony M., 63 NY2d 270, 283-284; People v…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- People v. MoultonNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. CharlestonNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. DanielsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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3Cited by5 opinions
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