Legal Opinion
People v. Webb
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 23, 2011PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum:
Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (Penal Law § 265.03 [3]) and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (§ 265.02 [1]). We agree with defendant that he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel based on, inter alia, defense counsel’s elicitation of testimony from defendant concerning a prior conviction that had been excluded by County Court. We therefore reverse.
The court’s Sandoval ruling permitted the People to cross-examine defendant regarding three of his prior…
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- People v. RamosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
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