Legal Opinion
People v. Parks
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 16, 2011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie G. Wittner, J.), rendered October 13, 2009, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of six months, concurrent with five years’ probation, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly exercised its discretion in precluding testimony purporting to show that the complainant threatened defendant several hours before the incident. It was within the court’s discretion to preclude this evidence as too speculative or *558conjectural to be presented to the jury (see e.g.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. WhalenNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. FieldsNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. FranciscoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. TownsendAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- DAVIS, GLEN, PEOPLE vAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- People v. DavisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- People v. DavisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- People v. TownsendAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012