Legal Opinion
People v. Fernandez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 28, 1988PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Quinones, J.), rendered May 13, 1986, convicting him of sexual abuse in the first degree (two counts) and endangering the welfare of a child, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant claims that it was error to take the testimony of the six-year-old complaining witness under oath. She was five years old at the time the defendant allegedly sexually abused her. Before she testified the trial court asked her many questions concerning her understanding of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wheeler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- People v. NisoffNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. BoydAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. BockenoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
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- People v. HendersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. SchultzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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