Legal Opinion

People v. Damon

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

Decided May 8, 1989PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), rendered May 21, 1987, convicting him of robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

After a Sandoval hearing (People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371), the trial court held that if the defendant chose to testify, the prosecutor would be permitted to cross-examine him concerning whether he had been convicted of a felony in 1973 (but not the type of conviction [attempted robbery] or the underlying facts), whether he had been convicted of rape in…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  2. People v. SandovalNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  3. People v. DuffyNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. People v. RahmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. People v. ScottAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People v. TeenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  2. People v. WhiteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  3. People v. ShakurAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  4. People v. DeJesusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  5. People v. MaurerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

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