55 Cited authorities

  1. People v. Crimmins

    36 N.Y.2d 230 (N.Y. 1975)   Cited 5,687 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"
  2. People v. Walker

    83 N.Y.2d 455 (N.Y. 1994)   Cited 523 times
    Noting the general rule that "the nature and extent of cross-examination are matters that are entrusted to the sound discretion of the trial court"
  3. Arteaga v. State of New York

    72 N.Y.2d 212 (N.Y. 1988)   Cited 627 times
    Finding absolute immunity appropriate when a defendant's conduct "involves the conscious exercise of discretion of a judicial or quasi-judicial nature"
  4. Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co.

    328 U.S. 217 (1946)   Cited 573 times
    Finding unconstitutional exclusion of identifiable group from venire based on direct testimonial evidence of court clerk and jury commissioner
  5. People v. Buford

    69 N.Y.2d 290 (N.Y. 1987)   Cited 426 times
    Holding that the trial court's reasons for its determination following a Buford inquiry should be placed on the record
  6. 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 ”
  7. People v. Johnson

    94 N.Y.2d 600 (N.Y. 2000)   Cited 240 times   6 Legal Analyses

    Argued February 23, 2000 Decided April 13, 2000. Appeal in the first above-entitled action, by permission of a Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, from an order of that court, entered November 10, 1998. Appeal in the second above-entitled action, by permission of a Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, from an order of that court, entered November 10, 1998. Appeal in the third above-entitled action

  8. People v. Cronin

    60 N.Y.2d 430 (N.Y. 1983)   Cited 362 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Reversing trial court's preclusion of expert testimony on the impact of alcohol, marijuana and Valium on defendant's ability to act purposefully
  9. People v. Velasco

    77 N.Y.2d 469 (N.Y. 1991)   Cited 280 times
    Holding that defendant's presence not required for charging conference in robing room attended by attorneys for both sides involving only questions of law and procedure
  10. People v. Brown

    97 N.Y.2d 500 (N.Y. 2002)   Cited 186 times
    Cautioning that purely statistical arguments are "rarely conclusive in the absence of other facts or circumstances."
  11. Section 128.6-a - Postponement and excusal from jury service

    N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22 § 128.6-a   Cited 5 times
    Granting the commissioner of jurors the discretion to excuse prospective jurors from service and to grant postponements