Legal Opinion

People v. Simmons

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

Decided March 3, 1997PublishedCited by 2 opinions

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

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. People v. GallowayNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. People v. AshwalNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. People v. ArceNew York Court of Appeals · 1977

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. BaranekAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  2. People v. SobersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

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