Legal Opinion
People v. Ko
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 22, 2003PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Beeler, J.), rendered October 16, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
The victim’s statement to a friend in a telephone conversation shortly before the murder that “It’s Ed. I have to go” was properly admitted under the present sense impression exception to the hearsay rule (see People v Brown, 80 NY2d 729 [1993]). The statement was a spontaneous description of events as they were unfolding, and the requirement of corroboration was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Crane v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- People v. AdamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. ShapiroNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. OrtizAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
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- In re the Estate of Kenneth V.New York Surrogate's Court · 2004