85 Cited authorities

  1. Terry v. Ohio

    392 U.S. 1 (1968)   Cited 38,128 times   73 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a police officer who has reasonable suspicion of criminal activity may conduct a brief investigative stop
  2. People v. Gray

    86 N.Y.2d 10 (N.Y. 1995)   Cited 3,227 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the issue of evidentiary sufficiency must be preserved for appellate review
  3. People v. Crimmins

    36 N.Y.2d 230 (N.Y. 1975)   Cited 5,683 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an error is prejudicial "if an appellate court concludes that there is a significant probability, rather than only a rational possibility, in the particular case that the jury would have acquitted the defendant had it not been for the error or errors which occurred"
  4. People v. O'Rama

    78 N.Y.2d 270 (N.Y. 1991)   Cited 568 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding the defendant was prejudiced when the court failed to read a portion of the jury note stating jury was split "6/6," told counsel the jury was experiencing "continued disagreements," and subsequently issued a supplemental instruction urging a verdict
  5. People v. Martinez

    80 N.Y.2d 444 (N.Y. 1992)   Cited 410 times   1 Legal Analyses
    In Martinez, we acknowledged that the “[d]efendant had a right to refuse to respond to a police inquiry and his flight when the officers approached could not, in and of itself, create a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity” (id. at 448, 591 N.Y.S.2d 823, 606 N.E.2d 951 [citation omitted]).
  6. People v. Malloy

    55 N.Y.2d 296 (N.Y. 1982)   Cited 483 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that charge defining reasonable doubt as "a doubt for which you can conscientiously express a reason" was "neither confusing nor inaccurate"
  7. People v. Benjamin

    51 N.Y.2d 267 (N.Y. 1980)   Cited 382 times
    In People v Benjamin (51 N.Y.2d 267), a police officer responded to a radio run of men with guns at a specific location.
  8. People v. Patterson

    39 N.Y.2d 288 (N.Y. 1976)   Cited 433 times
    In Patterson the Court did not even mention Mullaney until after it had concluded that the issue on the merits was within the special category that always deserves review despite the absence of contemporaneous objection.
  9. People v. Martinez

    82 N.Y.2d 436 (N.Y. 1993)   Cited 229 times
    In Martinez the New York Court of Appeals in discussing Waller's third prong and rejecting defendant's contention that the court in closing the courtroom during the undercover officer's testimony should have asked the defendant to name family members or others who could have been admitted, emphasized that "[d]efendant's sole objection and the entire argument before the trial court was concentrated on the sufficiency of the People's showing for closure."
  10. People v. Velasquez

    1 N.Y.3d 44 (N.Y. 2003)   Cited 164 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Noting that a "presumption of regularity attaches to judicial proceedings," which "may be overcome only by substantial evidence," not mere speculation