Legal Opinion
People v. West
New York Court of Appeals
Decided September 15, 1988PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
*942Defendant was convicted of murder, second degree, committed during the course of a street robbery. He contends on this appeal that there must be a reversal because the court erroneously admitted a codefendant’s statement at the trial and that its error in doing so was not harmless (see, Cruz v New York, 481 US 186).
Three eyewitnesses testified at the trial, each stating that four youths approached the victim while he was changing a tire, that two held the victim while the others attempted to rob him and that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cruz v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- People v. HamlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- People v. PittsNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
3Cited by25 opinions
- People v. AndersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. PughAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. SvanbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. BarretoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. AlleyneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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