Legal Opinion

People v. Rios

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 15, 1990PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Feldman, J.), rendered August 6, 1987, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*617Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the prosecution’s impeachment of its own witness was improper. The prosecution called a witness who testified that he did not see the defendant stab the victim. Over the defense counsel’s objection, the trial court permitted the prosecutor to impeach this witness by reading portions of an audiotaped statement he had earlier…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. People v. FitzpatrickNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. People v. ComerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  4. People v. PoweAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. People v. AndreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  2. People v. GoldsteinAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2003
  3. People v. MastinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  4. People v. CarneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  5. People v. DelanceyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

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