Legal Opinion
People v. Bellini
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 25, 1990PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Leahy, J.), rendered July 2, 1987, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion by refusing to allow his expert psychologist to answer certain hypothetical questions concerning the physical and behavioral effects that cocaine ingestion might have had on the victim on the night of her death. Questions regarding the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. CroninNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. HokeNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- People v. LeisnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. RuizAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- People v. BelliniAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005