Legal Opinion
People v. Reid
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 5, 2012PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Pigott, J.
This appeal raises the question whether a defendant can open the door to the admission of testimony that would otherwise be *385inadmissible under the Confrontation Clause of the United States Constitution. We hold that he can, and, in this case, he did.
On June 8, 2001, a man was shot dead at the door of an Albany apartment where marijuana was being sold. Neighborhood residents saw two young men running away from the area. Four rifle casings were found at the murder scene—ammunition that is used in an AK-47 assault rifle. Four years later, in 2005, a friend with whom…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Tennessee v. StreetSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by38 opinions
- People v. RogersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- People v. ReidAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- Hemphill v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 2022
- People v. HopsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2017
- People v. TaylorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
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