9 Cited authorities

Crane v. Kentucky
476 U.S. 683 (1986) Cited 3,273 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"
Davis v. Alaska
415 U.S. 308 (1974) Cited 5,680 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that this confrontation right is applicable to state and federal defendants alike
People v. Ashwal
39 N.Y.2d 105 (N.Y. 1976) Cited 1,144 times 2 Legal Analyses
In Ashwal, the New York Court of Appeals cited Berger v. United States, 295 U.S. 78, 55 S. Ct. 629 (1935), to support the proposition that "[a]bove all [the prosecutor] should not seek to lead the jury away from the issues by drawing irrelevant and inflammatory conclusions which have a decided tendency to prejudice the jury against the defendant."
People v. Gissendanner
48 N.Y.2d 543 (N.Y. 1979) Cited 736 times 1 Legal Analyses
In Gissendanner, the court reviewed a lower court's denial of a defendant's request to issue a subpoena for the police personnel files of prosecution witnesses.
People v. Carroll
95 N.Y.2d 375 (N.Y. 2000) Cited 279 times 1 Legal Analyses
Upholding admission of expert testimony about child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome “for the purpose of instructing the jury about possible reasons why a child might not immediately report incidents of sexual abuse” and emphasizing that expert “never opined that defendant committed the crimes, that defendant's stepdaughter was sexually abused, or even that her specific actions and behavior were consistent with such abuse ”
People v. Chin
67 N.Y.2d 22 (N.Y. 1986) Cited 175 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that in the absence of a specific demand, a due process violation would be found only if there were a reasonable probability that had the evidence been disclosed, the result would have been different
People v. Boettcher
69 N.Y.2d 174 (N.Y. 1987) Cited 163 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that juries should not be permitted to consider a lesser-included offense until after they unanimously find defendant not guilty of the greater offense
People v. Extale
2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 2247 (N.Y. 2012) Cited 36 times
Rejecting claim that prosecutor can “choose not to proceed with” a charged count
People v. Leon
7 N.Y.3d 109 (N.Y. 2006) Cited 33 times
In Leon itself, the Court upheld the dismissal of a non-inclusive lesser offense where submission of the offense to the jury would have distracted it from its primary fact-finding function.

The People, Respondent,v.Mark Boyd, Appellant.

9 Cited authorities

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"

Holding that this confrontation right is applicable to state and federal defendants alike

In Gissendanner, the court reviewed a lower court's denial of a defendant's request to issue a subpoena for the police personnel files of prosecution witnesses.

Holding that in the absence of a specific demand, a due process violation would be found only if there were a reasonable probability that had the evidence been disclosed, the result would have been different

Holding that juries should not be permitted to consider a lesser-included offense until after they unanimously find defendant not guilty of the greater offense

Rejecting claim that prosecutor can “choose not to proceed with” a charged count

In Leon itself, the Court upheld the dismissal of a non-inclusive lesser offense where submission of the offense to the jury would have distracted it from its primary fact-finding function.