Legal Opinion
People v. Blades
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 6, 1999PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
Defendant’s appeal requires this Court to address a nuanced variation and application of an admissibility-of-evidence question under People v Thomas (68 NY2d 194, cert denied 480 US 948) and People v Morgan (76 NY2d 493). The People presented and the trial court admitted into evidence in appellant Blades’ trial, his co-defendant Marshall’s guilty plea allocution. The allocution was deemed a declaration against Marshall’s penal interest, a hearsay exception. We are persuaded that, while error occurred because “compliance with the [reliability] criteria for…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Idaho v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- United States v. Sonya Evette SingletonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Sonya Evette Singleton, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- People v. BrensicNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
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3Cited by10 opinions
- People v. JamesNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
- Morales v. PortuondoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2001
- People v. VasquezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Bartwitz v. HotalingNew York Supreme Court · 2000
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