People v. Caver
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 (Tomei, J.), rendered November 29, 2000, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree and attempted robbery in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant, who was charged with murder, argues that the court should not have allowed into evidence the fact that certain witnesses knew his nickname, which was “Bloody Bad Ass.” However, this evidence, which was “highly probative” with regard to the question of their ability to identify him as the…
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