Legal Opinion

People v. Burton

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

Decided February 5, 1996PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hall, J.), rendered May 17, 1993, convicting him of *439robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We find unpersuasive the defendant’s contention that the trial court erred in permitting the prosecution to elicit testimony regarding an uncharged crime consisting of an attempted robbery and in admitting certain portions of the defendant’s statements which concerned uncharged crimes. The challenged testimony was relevant to the identification of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. VentimigliaNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. SceravinoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  3. People v. McDowellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  4. People v. HazelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  5. People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. SturdivantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

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