Legal Opinion
People v. Guzman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 25, 1993PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), rendered February 1, 1990, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the trial court correctly weighed the competing factors when it ruled that it would allow the prosecutor to inquire into the defendant’s prior conviction for criminal sale of a controlled substance during cross-examination if the defendant were to take the witness stand (see,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. SandovalNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- People v. PavaoNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. RodriguezNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
- People v. WhartonNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- People v. BenitezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. AndrewsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. TurnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996