(DOWNLOAD) "People State New York v. Lester Irving Crandall" by Court of Appeals of New York " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People State New York v. Lester Irving Crandall
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 25, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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[67 N.Y.2d 111 Page 114] Opinion OF THE COURT Evidence concerning sales of narcotics other than that for which defendant is on trial is improperly admitted as inextricably intertwined when it can be readily redacted and is not essential to proof of the crime in issue. Nor does a defendant open the door to admission of other crime evidence in rebuttal by his testimony that he made no sale of narcotics, that he knew the person to whom he is alleged to have made the sale for which he is on trial to be an undercover officer and had assisted him until asked to engage in an illegal act, after which the officer and several of his colleagues threatened him with arrest, such rebuttal testimony being relevant only to defendant's criminal character and not to any element of the crime charged or in refutation of any affirmative fact proved by defendant. The order of the Appellate Division should, therefore, be reversed and a new trial ordered.
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