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People v. Primo

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 12, 2001PublishedCited by 148 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Rosenblatt, J.

Defendant was charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting. Seeking to show that someone else com mitted the crime, he moved to introduce evidence that, two months after the shooting, a person present at the shooting had used the same gun in an unrelated crime. On the appeal before us, we consider the appropriate standard for the admission of evidence of this type.

In November 1996, police responded to a report of a shooting at a deli in Brooklyn. Upon arriving, they found Michael Cleland lying on the floor, bleeding from several gunshot wounds.…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. People v. VentimigliaNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. HallCalifornia Supreme Court · 1986
  3. People v. ScarolaNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. People v. DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
  5. Winfield v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996

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3Cited by148 opinions

  1. Charles C. Greiner v. Ronald WellsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
  2. People v. SchulzNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
  3. Marvin Wade v. Dominic Mantello, Superintendent, Coxsackie Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
  4. People v. SalnaveAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  5. The People v. Jin Cheng LinNew York Court of Appeals · 2016

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