Legal Opinion

People v. Cruz

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

Decided April 28, 1995PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant contends that County Court committed reversible error in admitting testimony from two police officers that bolstered the People’s principal eyewitness’s identification of defendant (see generally, People v Bayron, 66 NY2d 77, 81; People v Trowbridge, 305 NY 471). We disagree. The officers’ testimony corroborated that eyewitness’s testimony and "merely served as a necessary narrative of events leading to defendant’s arrest” (People v Jones, 160 AD2d 333, lv denied 76 NY2d 790; see, People v Welcome, 181 AD2d 628, lv denied 79 NY2d 1055).…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. People v. TrowbridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
  3. People v. CasertaNew York Court of Appeals · 1966
  4. People v. BayronNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  5. People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. LeeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  2. People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  3. People v. TavarezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  4. People v. JordanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  5. People v. EdwardsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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