Legal Opinion
People v. Griffith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 9, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Meyerson, J.), rendered April 20, 1994, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
When, during direct examination, the defendant denied knowing his assailant, he opened the door to cross-examination on whether he previously told the police that "Pete shot me” (see, People v Chaitin, 61 NY2d 683, 684; People v George, 159 AD2d 720, 721). Furthermore, when the defendant denied making this statement during…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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