Legal Opinion
People v. Winney
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 20, 1992PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mikoll, J. P.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Harrigan, J.), rendered March 4, 1991, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree.
On this appeal defendant urges that County Court abused its discretion in permitting inquiry into force-related crimes and uncharged bad acts in its Sandoval ruling. We find the contention without merit. County Court denied inquiry into over 15 other convictions or alleged bad acts but allowed defendant to be cross-examined about six convictions and two bad acts. These…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. WalkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. FosmerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. GibsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. WaltsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999