Legal Opinion

People v. White

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

Decided September 24, 2002PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The court properly admitted a piece of paper provided to a police officer by an unidentified witness. The court properly determined that the paper was admissible under the present sense impression exception to the hearsay rule since the People had introduced sufficient corroboration of its content and sufficiently established that the witness’s recording of the information on the paper was substantially contemporaneous with her observations (see People v Vasquez, 88 NY2d 561). With *588suitable limiting instructions, the court also properly admitted statements made by the unidentified witness…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. SantiagoNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. VasquezNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
  4. People v. ToscaNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
  5. People v. ToscaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  2. People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  3. People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  4. People v. PineroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  5. People v. SmallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016

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