Legal Opinion
The People v. Reginald Powell
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 5, 2016No. 47PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Garcia, J.
In People v Primo, we rejected the notion “that evidence of third-party culpability occupies a special or exotic category of proof” requiring a heightened evidentiary standard for admission (96 NY2d 351, 356 [2001]). Instead, we clarified that third-party culpability evidence should be evaluated in accordance with ordinary evidentiary principles by balancing the proffered evidence’s probative value against its potential for undue prejudice, delay, and confusion. Defendant Reginald Powell challenges the Primo standard as constitutionally deficient in light of the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Holmes v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- People v. AlmodovarNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. SteinbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
- People v. CarrollNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
- People v. PrimoNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
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3Cited by33 opinions
- People v. RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- People v. WilkinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
- People v. BlacksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
- People v. DarbyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
- People v. ArnoldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
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