Legal Opinion

People v. Sobers

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

Decided May 8, 2000PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Dowling, J.), rendered November 13, 1998, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in permitting the prosecutor to cross-examine the defendant about his past use of aliases and false pedigree information, and some of his prior convictions and bad acts, notwithstanding that…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  2. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. People v. SandovalNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  4. People v. WalkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  5. People v. DelgadoNew York Court of Appeals · 1992

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. BaranekAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  2. People v. CruzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  3. People v. ForinoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  4. People v. MuhammedAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  5. People v. StewartsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006

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