Legal Opinion
People v. Hernandez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 9, 1987PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Deeley, J.), rendered September 9, 1985, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
During summation, the prosecutrix was permitted, over objection, to argue that the police officers who testified would not jeopardize their careers by lying on the witness stand. While this tactic is generally impermissible (see, People v Bonaparte, 98 AD2d 778; People v Webb, 68 AD2d 331), under the circumstances of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. BlackmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. WebbAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- People v. BonaparteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- People v. AlexandriaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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