Legal Opinion

People v. Henry

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 7, 1993PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ira Globerman, J.), rendered February 11, 1992, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the third degree and sentencing him as a second violent felony offender to a term of from 3 Vi to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s Sandoval ruling was a proper exercise of its discretion. The court considered the specific details and circumstances of defendant’s prior crimes and balanced the probative value of this evidence on the issue of defendant’s credibility against the risk of undue prejudice (People v Williams, 56 NY2d 236, 238-239).…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. CantyNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  4. People v. ZillingerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. MillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  2. People v. RamirezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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