Legal Opinion
People v. Corella
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 5, 2001PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (J. Goldberg, J.), rendered March 26, 1999, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and assault in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
*429We reject the defendant’s contention that the trial court erred in permitting testimony concerning a prior uncharged crime. Since the defendant claimed that he acted in self-defense, the issue of his motive was significant. Thus, while the proffered evidence was potentially prejudicial to the defendant’s case,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. WheelerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- People v. EnglerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. HawkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
3Cited by6 opinions
- People v. LawrenceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- People v. MartinezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. LattimoreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
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