Legal Opinion
People v. Cruz
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 22, 2011PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and a new trial ordered.
Naomi Edwards encountered an intruder in the kitchen of her home in Brentwood, Suffolk County, on the afternoon of January 3, 2007. The man appeared to her to be “Puerto Rican of . . . light skinned African American.” He pulled a baseball cap down over his face and ran out of her house.
Edwards’s neighbor, Raquel Oliveria, had seen a man on a light blue 10-speed bicycle riding slowly back and forth on the street, before entering Edwards’s driveway. He was wearing a black shirt, blue…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Deck v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- People v. ClydeNew York Court of Appeals · 2011
- People v. BuchananNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
- People v. CruzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
3Cited by32 opinions
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- People v. SchrockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- People v. AlexanderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- People v. GloverAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- People v. SchrockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
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