Legal Opinion

People v. Wade

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

Decided December 15, 1997PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Tomei, J.), rendered November 6, 1995, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*474Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion by limiting the defendant’s examination of one of his witnesses. Even though a defendant has a right to introduce evidence that a person other than himself committed the crime (see, Chambers v Mississippi, 410 US 284), the evidence must do more than raise a mere suspicion that another person…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Greenfield v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
  3. People v. AuletAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  4. People v. AustinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  5. People v. FelderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Marvin Wade v. Dominic Mantello, Superintendent, Coxsackie Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
  2. Friedgood v. KeaneDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1999
  3. People v. BugmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  4. People v. PrimoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  5. People v. YoungAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

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