Legal Opinion
People v. Cook
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 1999PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
Defendant contends that the court erred in admitting evidence concerning his prior uncharged acts of violence toward his paramour, the complainant. He had been indicted for forcible rape, sexual abuse, menacing, felonious assault, and criminal contempt, alleged to have been committed on three days over an 11-week period. He was acquitted of the forcible rape and convicted of the other crimes.
Evidence of prior uncharged crimes may be admitted to establish some element of the crime under consideration (see,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. AlvinoNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. VentimigliaNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. ElyNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. LewisNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. GeorgeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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3Cited by62 opinions
- People v. GreeneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- People v. HigginsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- People v. LittebrantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- People v. WilkinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- People v. GorhamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
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