Legal Opinion
People v. Barber
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 27, 1992PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (David Stadtmauer, J.), rendered July 13, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 10 to 20 years, unanimously affirmed.
Less than twenty-four hours after the shooting, a witness gave a sworn felony statement to an Assistant District Attorney indicating that he saw defendant pull out a gun and shoot the deceased. After the witness denied at trial that he had seen defendant pull out a gun, the court properly allowed the prosecutor to impeach the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. FitzpatrickNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. DillenbeckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- People v. BlydenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. FieldsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. SmartAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
3Cited by4 opinions
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- People v. FisherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. TrotterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998