Legal Opinion

People v. Jones

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

Decided November 27, 1995PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Eng, J.), rendered February 9, 1994, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and unlawful imprisonment in the first degrée, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We reject the defendant’s contention that he was denied a fair trial by the admission of evidence indicating that the victim had been working for him as a prostitute at the time of her death. While evidence of uncharged crimes is generally inadmissible if proffered solely to establish criminal propensity…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  2. People v. AlvinoNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. People v. AllweissNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  4. People v. HudyNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  5. People v. IngramNew York Court of Appeals · 1988

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  2. People v. CrosslandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  3. People v. CurranAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  4. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  5. People v. RamosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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