People v. Murphy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Budd Goodman, J.), rendered June 3, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 6 years, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly instructed the jury that it was not to consider the lawfulness of the stop of defendant’s car, and this instruction was suitably balanced by other instructions relating to credibility (see, People v Wright, 168 Misc 2d 787). The court’s admonitions to defense counsel in the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. WrightNew York Supreme Court · 1996
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