Legal Opinion
People v. Mountain
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 24, 1985PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Wachtler
The defendant, a former police officer, has been convicted of raping and sodomizing a woman being held for arraignment in a detention cell at a police station. The Appellate Division affirmed the conviction and the defendant has appealed by leave of a Judge of this court.
The defendant raises a number of issues, most of which relate to the admission or exclusion of evidence at the trial. The primary issue concerns efforts by the prosecutor to establish a relationship between the defendant’s blood type and the blood type found in the assailant’s sperm, a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In re of an Investigation into the Death of Jon L.New York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. OlsenNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- State v. PetersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
- State v. MarkSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- People v. MacedonioNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
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3Cited by18 opinions
- People v. CastroNew York Supreme Court · 1989
- State v. PollittSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- People v. GradyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- People v. DemmingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. Callace, New York County Courts1991
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