Legal Opinion

People v. Cowen

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

Decided April 27, 1998PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rutledge, J.), rendered December 5, 1995, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the court’s Allen charge (Allen v United States, 164 US 492) was coercive is not preserved for appellate review since he did not raise a specific objection on that ground before the trial court (see, People v Ramkisson, 245 AD2d 393). In any event, read as a whole, the court’s Allen…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. People v. FordNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
  3. People v. PerdomoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  4. People v. GloverAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  5. People v. RamkissonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  2. People v. McRaeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  3. People v. WoodsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  4. People v. AponteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  5. People v. JodhanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

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