People v. Simmons
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Wade, J.), rendered October 19, 1994, convicting him of robbery in the second degree (three counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
*314To the extent that the court may have improperly curtailed the defendant’s right to cross-examine the complaining witness, the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt because, notwithstanding the court’s rulings, the defense counsel fully realized his goal of placing the defendant’s theory of the case before the jury (see, e.g.,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. GallowayNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. AshwalNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. ArceNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
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3Cited by2 opinions
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