Legal Opinion

People v. Ward

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

Decided May 8, 2013PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Reichbach, J.), rendered July 29, 2008, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, evidence that he pleaded guilty in a Nassau County matter was properly admitted after he opened the door to such evidence by testifying that *843his statement in that matter was the result of coercion (see People v Ochoa, 14 NY3d 180, 186 [2010]; People v Mateo,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  3. People v. MateoNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
  4. People v. FardanNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
  5. People v. AlmonteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. People v. TohomAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  2. People v. KingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  3. People v. GopaulAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  4. People v. NaqviAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  5. People v. RhodesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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