Legal Opinion

People v. Banks

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 10, 2006PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie Wittner, J), rendered September 4, 2003, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted rape in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree, and sentencing to concurrent terms of 10 years and 7 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant’s request to call an expert who would testify about the general effects of crack cocaine use (see People v Lee, 96 NY2d 157, 162 [2001]; People v Cronin, 60 NY2d 430 [1983]), as defendant failed to lay an adequate foundation for…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Crane v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. People v. BufordNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. People v. CroninNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  4. People v. LeeNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
  5. People v. HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 2002

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. BoopAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  2. People v. ParnellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  3. People v. RomanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  4. BOOP, AARON M., PEOPLE vAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  5. People v. BoopAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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