Legal Opinion
The People v. Richard Garcia / The People v. Joshue DeJesus
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 31, 2015No. 40 / 41PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fahey, J.
From these otherwise unrelated criminal appeals arises the *81question whether the introduction of purported “background and narrative” evidence through the testimony of police detectives violated defendants’ right to confrontation.
People v Garcia
At approximately 8:30 p.m. on August 20, 2005, Michael Colon was shot to death following a streetside argument. With respect to that incident defendant was charged by indictment with, inter alia, one count each of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1]) and manslaughter in the first degree (§ 125.20 [1]).
Although…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. GrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- Michigan v. BryantSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
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3Cited by13 opinions
- People v. BurgessAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- People v. SampsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
- People v. DeJesusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- People v. GonzalezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
- People v. GonzalezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
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