Legal Opinion
People v. Zanfordino
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 8, 1990PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Owen, J.), rendered November 19, 1986, convicting him of robbery in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We reject the defendant’s contention that he was deprived of a fair trial because the court precluded him from introducing evidence that another individual was the perpetrator of *683the purse-snatching robbery for which he was convicted. While due process requires that a defendant in a criminal case be permitted to call witnesses in his own behalf and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- People v. AuletAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- People v. AustinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
3Cited by13 opinions
- People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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- People v. SantanoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- People v. ConwayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- People v. SparmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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