Legal Opinion

People v. Townsend

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

Decided October 23, 2007PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Chambers, J.), rendered August 12, 2004, convicting him of robbery in the first degree and attemptéd robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court providently exercised its discretion in preclud*971ing defense counsel from eliciting testimony from a defense witness regarding a collateral issue (see People v Petty, 7 NY3d 277, 286 [2006]; People v Aska, 91 NY2d 979, 981 [1998]; People v LaPetina, 34 AD3d 836, 841-842 [2006], affd 9 NY3d 854…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. RomeroNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
  3. People v. MateoNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
  4. People v. PettyNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
  5. People v. AskaNew York Court of Appeals · 1998

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. LegereAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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