Legal Opinion
People v. Mann
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 26, 1991PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: We reject defendant’s contention that the trial court improperly precluded him from impeaching a witness by cross-examining her about her allegedly immoral conduct. The questions were properly precluded because they were not designed to impeach her credibility, but to bring out the home background in which the victim was being raised. The questions were thus irrelevant.
We also reject defendant’s contention that the trial court improperly allowed testimony about a prior uncharged crime. The challenged testimony was too vague to be assigned the meaning…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- People v. CooperAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. BishopAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
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