Legal Opinion

People v. Seabrook

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

Decided August 10, 2010Published

1Opinion of the Court

*607Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Collini, J.), rendered July 21, 2005, convicting him of assault in the first degree and assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

There is no merit to the defendant’s argument that he was deprived of his right to present a defense when the Supreme Court precluded certain testimony of a prospective witness. Although a defendant may not be precluded from introducing extrinsic evidence “where the issue to which the evidence relates is material” to those…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. PavaoNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. CarrollNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
  3. People v. AskaNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  4. People v. KnightNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  5. People v. AlexanderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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