Legal Opinion
People v. Banks
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 10, 1986No. Appeal No. 1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum: We reject defendant’s argument that alleged prosecutorial misconduct requires reversal even in the absence of a proper objection. The prosecutor’s remarks on summation concerning the credibility of defendant and of the chief prosecution witness were made in response to the summation of defense counsel, in which he likened the prosecution witness to "somebody lying and spinning a spider’s web, and after they lie they have to lie more, and the web gets more and more complex, and I believe that is what’s happened with Leslie Bowen. And I was troubled, why would Leslie Bowen lie.” Any…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- People v. AnthonyNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. TorelloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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