Legal Opinion

People v. Singh

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

Decided February 1, 2017No. 2014-05783PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Cyrulnik, J.), rendered May 12, 2014, convicting him of rape in the first degree and kidnapping in the second degree as a sexually motivated felony, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in allowing the prosecutor to cross-examine him regarding an uncharged crime that occurred after the crimes charged in the subject indictment. The defendant opened the door to such proof by…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  3. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. People v. MorrisNew York Court of Appeals · 2013

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. AliAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  2. People v. BohnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  3. People v. PerdueAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2022
  4. People v. DanonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018
  5. People v. GeritanoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018

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