People v. Melendez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Melendez

14 A.D.2d 557, 218 N.Y.S.2d 92, 1961 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9678

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJuly 5, 1961

StatusPublished

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People v. Melendez, 14 A.D.2d 557, 218 N.Y.S.2d 92, 1961 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9678 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1961).

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It was serious prejudicial error for the trial court to admit evidence indicating that the defendant, five days after the commission of the offense for which he was being tried, was guilty of another crime: the illegal possession of a firearm. Such subsequent illegal possession, being unrelated to the crime charged, was of no probative force in proving the crime. Hence, it should have been excluded. Nolan, P. J., Ughetta, Kleinfeld, Pette and Brennan, JJ., concur.

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It was serious prejudicial error for the trial court to admit evidence indicating that the defendant, five days after the commission of the offense for which he was being tried, was guilty of another crime: the illegal possession of a firearm. Such subsequent illegal possession, being unrelated to the crime charged, was of no probative force in proving the crime. Hence, it should have been excluded. Nolan, P. J., Ughetta, Kleinfeld, Pette and Brennan, JJ., concur.

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14 A.D.2d 557, 218 N.Y.S.2d 92, 1961 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9678, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-melendez-nyappdiv-1961.