Legal Opinion
People v. Dalton
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 6, 1976PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWachtler, J.
The defendant has been convicted of possession and of sale of narcotics and related offenses. He claims that the convictions must be set aside because the court refused to allow one of his alibi witnesses to testify that the defendant was in New Jersey at the time he allegedly made the sale in New York City. We have concluded that the defendant should be granted a new trial on the sale count.
At the trial a plain-clothes patrolman, Louis Christiansen, testified that he had purchased drugs from the defendant, at the defendant’s Manhattan apartment shortly before one o’clock on the afternoon of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- People v. MoralesNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. CarterNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. BushNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
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