Legal Opinion
People v. Pierre
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 11, 2015No. 2011-06957PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Dowling, J.), rendered June 29, 2011, convicting him of sexual abuse in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying his motion to sever the charges pertaining to the two complaining witnesses, as the defendant failed to show “in the interest of justice and for good cause” that the charges should be tried separately (CPL 200.20 [3]). The…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. DanielsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
- People v. RomeroNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
- People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
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3Cited by3 opinions
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