Legal Opinion

People v. Weir

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

Decided May 5, 1986PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Broomer, J.), rendered March 25, 1983, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree and kidnapping in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

No error was committed by the trial court in permitting the prosecutor to elicit from the complainant’s brother testimony to the effect that he had robbed a quantity of cocaine from the defendant on the same day that the complainant was kidnapped. Although this testimony implicated the defendant in criminal activity not…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  2. People v. Yut Wai TomNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. VailsNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. People v. SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1984

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. BandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  2. People v. MulgraveAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  3. People v. CrewsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  4. People v. BarnumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  5. People v. WatsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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