Legal Opinion
People v. Grant
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 17, 2009PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Kiedaisch, J.), rendered November 16, 2007, convicting him of harassment in the second degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Orange County, for a new trial.
Although the trial court is granted broad discretion in making evidentiary rulings precluding or admitting evidence addressing collateral issues (see People v Aska, 91 NY2d 979 [1998]), “[a] court’s discretion ... is circumscribed by the rules of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Carmell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- People v. HudyNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- People v. CarrollNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
- People v. AskaNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. DiazAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- People v. DeFreitasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
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