Legal Opinion

People v. Bird

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

Decided June 4, 2001PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Dowling, J.), rendered April 12, 1999, convicting him of sexual abuse in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Psychiatric records “are to be disclosed only when their confidentiality is significantly outweighed by the interests of justice” (People v Brooks, 199 AD2d 275). Having examined the psychiatric hospitalization records of the complaining witness, we find that the trial court providently exercised its discretion in denying the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. ToledoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  2. People v. BrooksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

3Cited by6 opinions

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  3. FULLEN, JR., ROBERT, PEOPLE vAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  4. People v. FullenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  5. People v. FullenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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