Legal Opinion

People v. Lawrence

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

Decided March 5, 1990PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (King, J.), rendered June 25, 1986, convicting him of sexual abuse in the first degree and criminal trespass in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.

At the outset, we note that the trial court did not commit error by fixing a time limit on the attorneys during the voir dire. A 15-minute time limit on each attorney has been upheld by the Court of Appeals in…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. BlydenNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. People v. TorpeyNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. People v. BranchNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  4. People v. JeanNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. People v. GarrowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. People v. HewittAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  2. People v. MaddoxAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  3. People v. DunkleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  4. People v. LightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  5. People v. WiegertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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