Legal Opinion

People v. Sutton

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

Decided July 13, 1993PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Frank Diaz, J.), rendered February 14, 1990, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 8V3 to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant raises numerous issues which were previously rejected by this Court in deciding the appeal of codefendant Robert Braithwaite (188 AD2d 388). In addition, defendant claims that the prosecutor’s summation comment regarding the failure of a People’s witness to make an in-court identification of him improperly bolstered that witness’s testimony. The trial…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. SantiagoNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. OrtizNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. People v. ColemanNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  5. People v. BraithwaiteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. OrtizAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  2. People v. TorresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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