People v. Hills
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Spatt, J.
This case presents a question of first impression in this State — the legal effect of an offer by a defendant in a criminal trial to stipulate to a material element of a crime charged. We hold that the prosecution is under no legal obligation to accept such an offer. Therefore, the refusal of the prosecutor to accept the defendant’s offer with respect to the element of serious physical injury, and the trial court’s refusal to compel its acceptance by precluding medical evidence were proper. We further find that the probative value of the medical evidence, as to…
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