People v. Gaetan

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Gaetan

227 A.D.2d 640, 643 N.Y.S.2d 400

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided May 28, 1996·Published

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Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Gary, J.), rendered June 16, 1994, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court properly permitted the prosecution to question the defendant about an uncharged crime during cross-examination, since the defendant opened the door to that inquiry (see, People v Melendez, 55 NY2d 445; People v Pierre, 215 AD2d 599).

The defendant’s remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Ritter, J. P., Pizzuto, Santucci and Krausman, JJ., concur.

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Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Gary, J.), rendered June 16, 1994, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court properly permitted the prosecution to question the defendant about an uncharged crime during cross-examination, since the defendant opened the door to that inquiry (see, People v Melendez, 55 NY2d 445; People v Pierre, 215 AD2d 599).

The defendant’s remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Ritter, J. P., Pizzuto, Santucci and Krausman, JJ., concur.

People v. Gaetan, 227 A.D.2d 640, 643 N.Y.S.2d 400 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1996).

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