Legal Opinion

People v. Edwards

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

Decided December 6, 1999PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Rappaport, J.), rendered November 21, 1994, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion by denying the defendant’s oral request, in the midst of the trial, for a material witness order to secure the appearance at trial of a proposed defense witness (see, People v Reid, 156 AD2d 488).

The sentence was not excessive (see, People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80).

The defendant’s remaining…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  2. People v. ReidAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. SMITH, WENDELL D., PEOPLE vAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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