Legal Opinion
People v. Caldwell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 21, 2005PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (McKay, J.), rendered May 26, 2004, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant’s challenge to the Supreme Court’s Sandoval ruling (see People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371 [1974]) is without merit. The nature and extent of cross-examination are subject to the sound discretion of the trial judge (id. at 374). Here, the court struck an appropriate balance between the probative value of the defendant’s prior crimes on the issue…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. SandovalNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- People v. SpringerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- People v. TurnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. GrahamAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2006
- People v. HargroveAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008