People v. Blackwell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: We reject defendant’s argument that the court’s marshaling of the evidence in its instructions on identification unfairly prejudiced defendant. The court did not unfairly marshal the evidence, but properly brought to the jury’s attention the matters it should have considered in determining the reliability of the identification testimony.
The court’s questioning of the rebuttal witness was proper because it clarified the proof, and the manner of questioning did not convey to the jury the impression that the court had an opinion concerning the merits of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- People v. JamisonNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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