Legal Opinion

People v. Fields

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

Decided July 14, 1986PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (De Lury, J.), rendered September 9, 1982, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

Defense counsel raised only general objections to the questions posed by the prosecutor to the investigating detective on redirect examination, even though counsel knew full well from his knowledge of the case and from the officer’s prior testimony at the suppression hearing what answers would be forthcoming. Even though a sidebar discussion occasioned by…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. People v. GloverNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. People v. LoveNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  4. People v. BerzupsNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. People v. RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1975

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. OkonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  2. People v. EddinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  3. People v. JeffrieselAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2022

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