Legal Opinion

People v. Coker

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

Decided November 23, 1987PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Leahy, J.), rendered August 18, 1986, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We agree with the trial court that the People were not obligated to provide the defendant with a copy of a witness’s waiver of immunity prior to testifying before the Grand Jury. As that waiver only reflected on the witness’s credibility (see, People v Perez, 65 NY2d 154, 159), and did not relate…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. RosarioNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
  2. People v. FitzpatrickNew York Court of Appeals · 1976

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. BumpusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  2. Bumpus v. Warden, Clinton Correctional FacilityDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2010
  3. People v. L.G.Criminal Court of the City of New York · 2007
  4. Bumpus v. WARDEN, CLINTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITYDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2010

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