Legal Opinion
People v. Trinidad
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 7, 1983PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and a new trial ordered.
Defense counsel’s argument on summation that the victim had been prompted by the police to carelessly or deliberately misidentify the defendant as the person who robbed him invited a strong response from the prosecutor (cf. People v Marks, 6 NY2d 67, 77-78). However, the prosecutor exceeded the bounds of proper summation when he argued that the victim would have been “suicidal or foolish” to do so and twice thereafter repeated that remark, when there was no evidence that the defendant…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. AshwalNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. MarksNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- People v. . ShilitanoNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- People v. MirendaNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- People v. PlummerNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- People v. NortonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. HaynesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. WalkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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