(Download) "People State New York v. James Bennette" by Court of Appeals of New York " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: People State New York v. James Bennette
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 11, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
Description
A jury found the defendant guilty of robbery, burglary and assault. The Appellate Division reversed the conviction on the law and ordered a new trial. It held that the trial court abused its discretion in permitting the prosecutor to impeach the defendants credibility by questioning him about a prior conviction involving sodomy of an eight-year-old girl. One Justice dissented and granted the People leave to appeal to this court.