Holding that evidence of similar uncharged crimes is excluded for policy reasons because it may induce the jury to base a finding of guilt on collateral matters
Holding that Facebook records were properly authenticated where screenshots contained the defendant's user profiles, biographical information, and photographs and the account was linked to the defendant's email address via internet protocol addresses
In People v. Allweiss, 396 N.E.2d 735 (N.Y. 1979), the defendant appealed his conviction for second degree murder, arguing, among other things, that results of microscopic hair analysis are no more reliable than lie detector evidence and should be inadmissible.
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Holding that "official publications posted on government agency websites should be admitted into evidence easily" based on Federal Rules of Evidence 803 and 902
In People v. Hudy, 73 N.Y.2d at 57, the Court of Appeals held that a trial court's preclusion of cross-examination questions regarding an investigating officer's testimony, coupled with the admission of a prior sexual allegation against the defendant, skewed the case in favor of the state and constituted reversible error.