Legal Opinion
People v. Scoon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 11, 1987PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendants from two judgments (one as to each of them) of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Appelman, J.), both rendered June 11, 1986, convicting each of them of assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentences.
Ordered that the judgments are reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.
The trial court improperly precluded the defendants from cross-examining the complainant as to the underlying acts of his prior youthful offender adjudication for grand larceny. While the trial court has…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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