Legal Opinion
People v. Melendez
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 7, 1982PublishedCited by 284 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jasen, J.
On this appeal, we are asked to decide whether reversible error occurred when the prosecutor was permitted, over objection, to elicit on redirect examination hearsay testimony implicating the defendant in the crimes charged. In order to resolve this question, we must examine the scope of permissible redirect examination in instances where a defendant has “opened the door” to new matters on cross-examination.
Early in the afternoon of January 10, 1978, Mario “Cuba” Hernandez was shot in the chest while standing in the hallway of a public housing project located in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Fay v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Ferris v. . SterlingNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- People v. . BuchananNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- People v. TorreNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Feblot v. New York Times Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1973
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