People v. Bentley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (J. Goldberg, J.), rendered April 22, 1999, convicting him of murder in the second degree and assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant’s motion for a mistrial (see, People v Ortiz, 54 NY2d 288). Any potential prejudice to the defendant that might have arisen from the detective’s brief testimony relating to an uncharged crime was alleviated when the court gave a prompt…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. OrtizNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. VincentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- People v. BiggsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- People v. HoganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. BentleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003