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The People, Respondent,v.Chadon Morris, Appellant.

Brief

9 Cited authorities

  1. People v. Tosca

    98 N.Y.2d 660 (N.Y. 2002)   Cited 171 times
    Allowing witness's prior statement as background to explain why the police stopped the defendant

  2. People v. Rojas

    97 N.Y.2d 32 (N.Y. 2001)   Cited 132 times   1 Legal Analyses
    In Rojas, for example, where a defendant was charged with assault, the Appellate Division held that the trial court properly admitted evidence of defendant's prior crimes where the defense counsel had "strongly suggested, if not argued, that the jury should acquit defendant because, having done nothing wrong, he was abused and mistreated, culminating in a scuffle with guards who surrounded him in his cell."

  3. People v. Nieves

    67 N.Y.2d 125 (N.Y. 1986)   Cited 195 times
    In Nieves, as in Tates, the theory argued by the People on appeal had been expressly disclaimed by the prosecutor during the evidentiary hearing (see People v Nieves, 67 N.Y.2d at 129-130).

  4. People v. Maher

    89 N.Y.2d 456 (N.Y. 1997)   Cited 87 times

    Argued January 6, 1997 Decided February 13, 1997 APPEAL, by permission of an Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, entered February 13, 1996, which affirmed a judgment of the Suffolk County Court (Thomas V. Mallon, J.), rendered upon a verdict convicting defendant of murder in the second degree (two counts) and criminal contempt in the second degree. Monroe A. Semble, Riverhead, and Robert C. Mitchell

  5. People v. Crandall

    67 N.Y.2d 111 (N.Y. 1986)   Cited 102 times
    In Crandall, as here, the issue was whether proof of the defendant's prior narcotics related offenses was relevant to rebut the defendant's affirmative claim that he had been framed.

  6. People v. Blair

    90 N.Y.2d 1003 (N.Y. 1997)   Cited 43 times

    Argued September 18, 1997 Decided October 30, 1997 APPEAL, by permission of the Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, from so much of an order of that court, entered November 12, 1996, as affirmed a judgment of the Supreme Court (Leslie Crocker Snyder, J.), rendered in New York County upon a verdict convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance

  7. People v. Vargas

    88 N.Y.2d 856 (N.Y. 1996)   Cited 43 times
    In Vargas, the defendant was charged with following the complainant onto an elevator, then blindfolding her, dragging her to the building's roof, and raping her.

  8. People v. Robinson

    716 N.E.2d 1094 (N.Y. 1999)   Cited 10 times

    Decided July 6, 1999 John Schoeffel, for appellant. Johnnette Traill, for respondent. MEMORANDUM: The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. Defendant was arrested in May 1995 and after a jury trial was convicted of three drug-related crimes, including one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, based on defendant's possession of slightly more than one-eighth ounce of cocaine (see, Penal Law § 220.09). During the trial, the People introduced certificates

  9. People v. Robinson

    273 N.Y. 438 (N.Y. 1937)   Cited 38 times
    In People v. Robinson (273 N.Y. 438), a motion for a mistrial was made upon the ground that the rights of the defendant were irretrievably prejudiced and that during the trial extraneous matters were heard.