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The People, Respondent,v.Otis Boone, Appellant.

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13 Cited authorities

  1. Holmes v. South Carolina

    547 U.S. 319 (2006)   Cited 1,897 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a rule that categorically barred evidence of third-party guilt when strong forensic evidence of the defendant's guilt was presented "is arbitrary in the sense that it does not rationally serve the end that ... [it was] designed to further"

  2. Crane v. Kentucky

    476 U.S. 683 (1986)   Cited 3,279 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an opportunity to present a complete defense "would be an empty one if the State were permitted to exclude competent, reliable evidence bearing on the credibility of a confession when such evidence is central to the defendant's claim of innocence"

  3. Payne v. Tennessee

    501 U.S. 808 (1991)   Cited 2,608 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that admission of victim impact evidence at death penalty sentencing phase does not per se violate the Eighth Amendment

  4. Chambers v. Mississippi

    410 U.S. 284 (1973)   Cited 5,976 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the application of the rule against hearsay to exclude exculpatory testimony violated the defendant's right to present a complete defense because the testimony was reliable

  5. People v. Whalen

    59 N.Y.2d 273 (N.Y. 1983)   Cited 446 times   1 Legal Analyses
    In Whalen, the defendant argued that identification evidence is "always suspect, so that, when a trial involves a close question of identity, the jury should receive an instruction emphasizing the scrutiny to be given to such evidence.

  6. Policano v. Herbert

    2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 8284 (N.Y. 2006)   Cited 171 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the governing law is the law at the time the petitioner's conviction became final

  7. People v. Primo

    96 N.Y.2d 351 (N.Y. 2001)   Cited 183 times
    Rejecting "clear link" test of earlier cases in favor of the "general balancing analysis that governs the admissibility of all evidence"

  8. People v. Powell

    2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 2555 (N.Y. 2016)   Cited 47 times

    04-05-2016 The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Reginald POWELL, Appellant. The Legal Aid Society of Westchester County, White Plains (Salvatore A. Gaetani and Clare J. Degnan of counsel), for appellant. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains (Maria I. Wager, Laurie G. Sapakoff and Steven A. Bender of counsel), for respondent. GARCIA, J. The Legal Aid Society of Westchester County, White Plains (Salvatore A. Gaetani and Clare J. Degnan of counsel), for appellant. Janet DiFiore

  9. People v. Williams

    2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 3866 (N.Y. 2013)   Cited 43 times

    2013-05-30 The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Timothy WILLIAMS, Appellant. Steven Banks, Legal Aid Society, New York City (Laura Lieberman Cohen of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York City (Daniel R. Alonso and Hilary Hassler of counsel), for respondent. Steven Banks, Legal Aid Society, New York City (Laura Lieberman Cohen of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York City (Daniel R. Alonso and Hilary Hassler of

  10. People v. Knight

    87 N.Y.2d 873 (N.Y. 1995)   Cited 75 times

    Argued November 27, 1995 Decided December 27, 1995 Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, Dominic R. Massaro, J. Elizabeth Sack Felber, New York City, and Daniel L. Greenberg for appellant. Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney of Bronx County, Bronx (Lisa I. Cuevas, Joseph N. Ferdenzi and Allen H. Saperstein of counsel), for respondent. MEMORANDUM. The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. Defendant has been convicted of criminal sale