Legal Opinion
People v. Freeman
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 25, 1961PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBurke, J.
A reversal of appellant’s conviction of manslaughter in the first degree and a new trial are required because of improper examination by the People of their own witness, and the trial court’s failure to give proper limiting instructions in regard thereto.
During the course of the trial the prosecutor produced a witness who was to corroborate the details of appellant’s participation in the assault upon deceased as described by other witnesses. "When the witness denied observation of the crime, the prosecutor was permitted, over objection, to read the text of the questions and answers upon the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Matter of Roge v. ValentineNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Bullard v. . PearsallNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- People v. McCormickNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
- People v. FerraroNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
- People v. PurtellNew York Court of Appeals · 1926
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3Cited by23 opinions
- People v. FitzpatrickNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Curtis Taylor v. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- People v. PickensAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- People v. RajaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
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