Legal Opinion

People v. Evans

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

Decided August 22, 1994PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Moskowitz, J.), rendered March 27, 1990, 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.

The defendant contends that he was denied a fair trial because the court examined prospective jurors regarding their knowledge of the case, as a result of pretrial publicity, outside of his presence. In People v Sloan (79 NY2d 386), the Court of Appeals held that such a procedure violated a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. SloanNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  3. People v. SprowalNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  4. People v. HanniganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  5. People v. MelendezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Evans v. ArtuzDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1999
  2. People v. HarrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  3. People v. TylerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  4. People v. OgunduAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018
  5. People v. TylerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016

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