Legal Opinion

People v. Willis

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

Decided March 1, 2004Published

1Opinion of the Court

*408Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Gazzillo, J.), rendered August 22, 2001, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts) and unlawful possession of marijuana, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the limited extent to which a prosecution witness was allowed to invoke the privilege against self-incrimination did not undermine the defendant’s right of confrontation (see People v Chin, 67 NY2d 22 [1986]; People v…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  2. People v. ChinNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  4. People v. BrockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  5. People v. NavarroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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