Legal Opinion

People v. Abreu

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

Decided December 18, 2000PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vaughan, J.), rendered November 19, 1997, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court properly precluded a defense witness from testifying about collateral matters intended merely to impeach the credibility of a prosecution witness (see, People v Aska, 91 NY2d 979, 981; People v Johnson, 143 AD2d 847, 848).

The trial court’s failure to submit the affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance to the jury did not…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. AskaNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  2. People v. WalkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. People v. WhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  4. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. ChessonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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