Legal Opinion

People v. Hood

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

Decided June 1, 1993PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defen*557dant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Grajales, J.), rendered January 10, 1991, convicting him of assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We find unpersuasive the defendant’s challenge to the trial testimony elicited by the prosecution regarding the complainant’s identification of the defendant as her assailant shortly after the shooting. The testimony was properly admitted as an excited utterance, inasmuch as the record demonstrates that the complainant was under the stress of having…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  3. People v. EdwardsNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  4. People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  5. People v. CavinessNew York Court of Appeals · 1975

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. People v. WardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  2. People v. SageAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  3. People v. DeSantoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  4. Blumen v. McGannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  5. People v. BellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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