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People v. Spotford

New York Court of Appeals

Decided May 9, 1995PublishedCited by 90 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Levine, J.

Defendant was charged with two counts of assault in the first degree as a result of an attack with a baseball bat on his girlfriend and her mother. Prior to trial, the People filed a notice of intent to use four prior bad acts of the defendant as part of their direct case to prove his commission of the offenses charged. The defense moved to preclude such evidence and in the presence of defendant and his attorney, the court set a Ventimiglia (People v Ventimiglia, 52 NY2d 350) hearing date to resolve the issues. At that time, the court granted the request of…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. People v. HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. VentimigliaNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. ParkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  4. People v. DokesNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  5. People v. MoissettNew York Court of Appeals · 1990

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3Cited by90 opinions

  1. People v. CahillNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
  2. People v. VargasNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
  3. People v. VelasquezNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
  4. People v. RodriguezNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  5. People v. BrooksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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