5 Cited authorities

  1. Crawford v. Washington

    541 U.S. 36 (2004)   Cited 17,395 times   82 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause bars "admission of testimonial statements of a witness who did not appear at trial unless he was unavailable to testify, and the defendant had had a prior opportunity for cross-examination"
  2. People v. Crimmins

    36 N.Y.2d 230 (N.Y. 1975)   Cited 5,684 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"
  3. People v. Turner

    2005 N.Y. Slip Op. 8766 (N.Y. 2005)   Cited 523 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Finding appellate counsel ineffective for not raising ineffectiveness of trial counsel on appeal
  4. 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."
  5. People v. Fisher

    2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 2416 (N.Y. 2012)   Cited 49 times

    2012-04-3 The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Aaron Richard FISHER, Appellant. Timothy P. Donaher, Public Defender, Rochester (Janet C. Somes of counsel), for appellant. Michael C. Green, District Attorney, Rochester (Kelly C. Wolford of counsel), for respondent. Timothy P. Donaher, Public Defender, Rochester (Janet C. Somes of counsel), for appellant. Michael C. Green, District Attorney, Rochester (Kelly C. Wolford of counsel), for respondent. OPINION OF THE COURT MEMORANDUM. The