Legal Opinion
People v. Cuttler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 16, 2000PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Mugglin, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Sullivan County (Ledina, J.), rendered December 14, 1998, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree.
Defendant’s sole ground for reversal is that County Court impermissibly permitted the prosecution to use leading questions in eliciting answers from the child victim to establish its entire case.
*655We affirm. Initially, we recognize that leading questions are not ordinarily permissible on direct examination (see, Prince, Richardson on Evidence § 6-223 [Farrell 11th ed]). However, whether to permit…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- People v. GreenhagenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- People v. WasleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
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