Legal Opinion
People v. Lee
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 15, 1982PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*775OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
It cannot be said that the Trial Judge’s warning to defendant’s witness “effectively drove that witness off the stand” (Webb v Texas, 409 US 95, 98). The threat in Webb, as in the other cases cited by defendant (People v Ramos, 63 AD2d 1009; United States v Reed, 421 F2d 190; Berg v Morris, 483 F Supp 179) was of prosecution for perjury. Here there was no threat. Rather the Trial Judge, after receiving the concurrence of defendant’s attorney to her doing so, informed the witness (who it was said would…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Webb v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- People v. ShapiroNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Berg v. MorrisDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1980
- People v. RamosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
3Cited by18 opinions
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- People v. StanleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- People v. KennedyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
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