Legal Opinion

People v. Townsend

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

Decided February 16, 2010PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeals by the defendant from (1) a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Hollie, J.), rendered September 25, 2007, convicting him of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence, and (2) a resentence of the same court imposed October 9, 2007.

Ordered that the judgment and the resentence are affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the trial court’s Sandoval ruling (see People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371 [1974]) struck an appropriate balance between the probative value of the defendant’s prior…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. People v. SandovalNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  2. People v. SpringerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  3. People v. DeNormandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  4. People v. ToddAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  5. People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. People v. WalkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  2. People v. OrtizAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  3. People v. WattsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  4. People v. Jean-LouisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  5. People v. CearaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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